MRPL15

Mammalian mitochondrial ribosomal proteins are encoded by nuclear genes and help in protein synthesis within the mitochondrion. Mitochondrial ribosomes (mitoribosomes) consist of a small 28S subunit and a large 39S subunit. They have an estimated 75% protein to rRNA composition compared to prokaryotic ribosomes, where this ratio is reversed. Another difference between mammalian mitoribosomes and prokaryotic ribosomes is that the latter contain a 5S rRNA. Among different species, the proteins comprising the mitoribosome differ greatly in sequence, and sometimes in biochemical properties, which prevents easy recognition by sequence homology. This gene encodes a 39S subunit protein that belongs to the EcoL15 ribosomal protein family. A pseudogene corresponding to this gene is found on chromosome 15q. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Description

Mitochondrial ribosomal protein L15

Tissue specificity

Tissue enhanced (skeletal muscle, tongue)

Subcell location

Mitochondria

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)
Ribosomal proteins

Chromosome

8 (54135241 - 54148514)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000137547  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Mrpl15: ENSMUSG00000033845

UniProt

Q9P015

neXtProt

NX_Q9P015

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure