MRPL23
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 3J7Y, 3J9M
Identifiers
Aliases	MRPL23, L23MRP, RPL23, RPL23L, mitochondrial ribosomal protein L23
External IDs	OMIM: 600789 MGI: 1196612 HomoloGene: 7922 GeneCards: MRPL23
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human)[1] Band 11p15.5 Start 1,947,278 bp[1] End 1,984,522 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 7 (mouse)[2] Band 7 F5|7 87.95 cM Start 142,086,423 bp[2] End 142,094,484 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in right uterine tube anterior pituitary gastrocnemius muscle skin of abdomen minor salivary gland right lobe of liver body of pancreas left ventricle body of stomach right lung Top expressed in yolk sac quadriceps femoris muscle blastocyst neural tube muscle tissue morula stomach mesencephalon ganglionic eminence mirror More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function protein binding RNA binding structural constituent of ribosome Cellular component mitochondrial inner membrane ribosome intracellular anatomical structure mitochondrion fibrillar center mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit Biological process mitochondrial translational elongation mitochondrial translational termination protein biosynthesis mitochondrial translation Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 6150 19935 Ensembl ENSG00000214026 ENSG00000288141 ENSMUSG00000037772 UniProt Q16540 O35972 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_021134 NM_011288 RefSeq (protein) NP_066957 NP_035418 Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 1.95 – 1.98 Mb Chr 7: 142.09 – 142.09 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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39S ribosomal protein L23, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MRPL23 gene.^[5][6]

Function

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. The gene is biallelically expressed, despite its location within a region of imprinted genes on chromosome 11.^[6]