MRPS24

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 28S subunit protein. A pseudogene corresponding to this gene is found on chromosome 11. Read-through transcription exists between this gene and the upstream upregulator of cell proliferation (URGCP) gene. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2011]

Description

Mitochondrial ribosomal protein S24

Tissue specificity

Tissue enhanced (skeletal muscle)

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

7 (43866558 - 43869893)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000062582  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Mrps24: ENSMUSG00000020477

UniProt

Q96EL2

neXtProt

NX_Q96EL2

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure