MT-TI

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SymbolMT-TI
Alt. symbolsMTTI
mitochondrially encoded tRNA isoleucine
Identifiers
SymbolMT-TI
Alt. symbolsMTTI
NCBI gene4565
HGNC7488
RefSeqNC_001807
Other data
LocusChr. MT

Mitochondrially encoded tRNA isoleucine also known as MT-TI is a transfer RNA which in humans is encoded by the mitochondrial MT-TI gene.[1]

The MT-TI gene is located on the p arm of the mitochondrial DNA at position 12 and it spans 69 base pairs.[2] The structure of a tRNA molecule is a distinctive folded structure which contains three hairpin loops and resembles a three-leafed clover.[3]

Function

MT-TI is a small 69 nucleotide RNA (human mitochondrial map position 4263-4331) that transfers the amino acid isoleucine to a growing polypeptide chain at the ribosome site of protein synthesis during translation.

Clinical significance

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