MRPL53 mitochondrial ribosomal protein L53 [Homo sapiens (human)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: MRPL53provided by HGNC
Official Full Name: mitochondrial ribosomal protein L53provided by HGNC
Primary source: HGNC:HGNC:16684
See related: Ensembl:ENSG00000204822 MIM:611857; AllianceGenome:HGNC:16684
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: REVIEWED
Organism: Homo sapiens
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as: mL53; L53MT
Summary: 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. A pseudogene corresponding to this gene is found on chromosome 1p. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Expression: Ubiquitous expression in fat (RPKM 22.6), adrenal (RPKM 21.9) and 25 other tissues See more
Orthologs: mouse all
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Genomic context

Location:: 2p13.1

Exon count:: 3

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2025_08	current	GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40)	2	NC_000002.12 (74471982..74472680, complement)
RS_2025_08	current	T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1)	2	NC_060926.1 (74480549..74481247, complement)
RS_2024_09	previous assembly	GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25)	2	NC_000002.11 (74699109..74699807, complement)

Chromosome 2 - NC_000002.12 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: Tissue-specific circular RNA induction during human fetal development
Description: 35 human fetal samples from 6 tissues (3 - 7 replicates per tissue) collected between 10 and 20 weeks gestational time were sequenced using Illumina TruSeq Stranded Total RNA
BioProject: PRJNA270632
Publication: PMID 26076956
Analysis date: Mon Apr 2 22:54:59 2018

Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

candidate gene for orofacial clefting
Title: MRPL53, a New Candidate Gene for Orofacial Clefting, Identified Using an eQTL Approach.

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Phenotypes

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Find tests for this gene in the NIH Genetic Testing Registry (GTR)

Review eQTL and phenotype association data in this region using PheGenI

Variation

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Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables protein binding	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in mitochondrial translation	NAS Non-traceable Author Statement more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in mitochondrial inner membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in mitochondrial inner membrane	NAS Non-traceable Author Statement more info	PubMed
located_in mitochondrial inner membrane	TAS Traceable Author Statement more info
part_of mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
part_of mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
part_of mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit	NAS Non-traceable Author Statement more info	PubMed
located_in mitochondrion	HTP more info	PubMed
located_in mitochondrion	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in mitochondrion	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
part_of ribonucleoprotein complex	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in ribosome	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: large ribosomal subunit protein mL53

Names: 39S ribosomal protein L53, mitochondrial; mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit protein mL53

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

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These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.