MRPL19
Description
The MRPL19 (mitochondrial ribosomal protein L19) is a protein-coding gene located on chromosome 2.
The MRPL19 gene encodes 39S ribosomal protein L19, mitochondrial, a protein that plays a role in protein synthesis within the mitochondrion. Mitochondria have their own ribosomes called mitoribosomes, which are composed of a small 28S subunit and a large 39S subunit. MRPL19 is part of the 39S subunit and helps to assemble the mitoribosome. Mitochondrial ribosomes have a different composition compared to prokaryotic ribosomes, with a higher proportion of protein to rRNA. They also lack a 5S rRNA that is found in prokaryotic ribosomes.
MRPL19 is also known as L15mt, L19mt, MRP-L15, MRP-L19, MRPL15, RLX1, RPML15, bL19m.
