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Mitochondrial ribosomal protein S6

28S ribosomal protein S6, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MRPS6 gene.

Last revised
Jun 25, 2026
Read time
≈ 3 min
Length
641 w
Citations
10
Source
MRPS6
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesMRPS6, C21orf101, MRP-S6, RPMS6, S6mt, mitochondrial ribosomal protein S6
External IDsOMIM: 611973; MGI: 2153111; HomoloGene: 41871; GeneCards: MRPS6; OMA:MRPS6 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_032476

NM_080456

RefSeq (protein)

NP_115865

NP_536704

Location (UCSC)Chr 21: 34.07 – 34.14 MbChr 16: 91.86 – 91.91 Mb
PubMed search34
Wikidata
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28S ribosomal protein S6, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MRPS6 gene.5

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 that belongs to the ribosomal protein S6P family. Pseudogenes corresponding to this gene are found on chromosomes 1p and 12q.5

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000243927Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000039680Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez Gene: MRPS6 mitochondrial ribosomal protein S6".
Further reading

Further reading

External links
  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P82932 (28S ribosomal protein S6, mitochondrial) at the PDBe-KB.