MRPL24 Products

Description

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 which is more than twice the size of its E.coli counterpart (EcoL24). Sequence analysis identified two transcript variants that encode the same protein. Transcript Variant: This variant (1) is the longer transcript and it encodes the same protein as variant 2.

Bioinformatics

Product By Gene ID	79590
Alternate Names	FLJ20917 L24mt MGC22737 MGC9831 mitochondrial ribosomal protein L24 mitochondrial MRP-L18 MRP-L24