MT-RNR2
Sign in to saveAlso known as mitochondrially encoded 16S RNA, MTRNR2, RNR2
thumb|Location of the MT-RNR2 gene on the H strand of the human mitochondrial genome. MT-RNR2, or RRNL, is one of the two mitochondrial ribosomal RNA genes (blue boxes).
Gene · Ensembl
mitochondrially encoded 16S rRNA
- Symbol
- MT-RNR2
- Biotype
- Mt rRNA
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- Chr MT:1,671-3,229
- Strand
- Forward (+)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- gene
- Subclass of
- ribosomal RNA
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- found in taxon
- Homo sapiens
- encodes
- humanin
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thumb|Location of the MT-RNR2 gene on the H strand of the human mitochondrial genome. MT-RNR2, or RRNL, is one of the two mitochondrial ribosomal RNA genes (blue boxes).
Mitochondrially encoded 16S RNA (often abbreviated as 16S) is the mitochondrial large subunit ribosomal RNA that in humans is encoded by the MT-RNR2 gene. The MT-RNR2 gene also encodes the Humanin polypeptide that has been the target of Alzheimer's disease research.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “MT-RNR2” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.