MRPL44

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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Description

Mitochondrial ribosomal protein L44

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Nucleoplasm, Nuclear bodies, Plasma membrane, Mitochondria

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Disease related genes
Human disease related genes
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

2 (223957463 - 223967714)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000135900  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Mrpl44: ENSMUSG00000026248

UniProt

Q9H9J2

neXtProt

NX_Q9H9J2

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure