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Gene

MRPL13

mitochondrial ribosomal protein L13

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8q24.12
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 120,395,437–120,445,150 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 49.7 kb
Protein
178 amino acids
Also known as
L13, RPL13, L13mt, RPML13, L13A, uL13m
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000306185.8NM_014078.6
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads MRPL13 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MRPL13 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where MRPL13 sits. MRPL13 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 119,920,294 to 120,920,293.Chromosome 88q24.12p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.3120 Mb120.2 Mb120.4 Mb120.6 Mb120.8 MbDEPTOR: 119,873,670–120,051,577, forward strandDEPTORCOL14A1: 120,059,780–120,373,573, forward strandCOL14A1MRPL13: 120,395,437–120,445,150, reverse strandMRPL13MTBP: 120,445,390–120,542,133, forward strandMTBPSNTB1: 120,535,005–120,813,273, reverse strandSNTB1Diagram of MRPL13: 7 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 8Exon 7: 120,395,437–120,396,125, 689 basesExon 6: 120,413,991–120,414,112, 122 basesExon 5: 120,419,852–120,419,938, 87 basesExon 4: 120,425,306–120,425,366, 61 basesExon 3: 120,432,030–120,432,123, 94 basesExon 2: 120,443,185–120,443,308, 124 basesExon 1: 120,445,068–120,445,150, 83 bases76543215′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 1.3 kb of the gene's 49.7 kb; 537 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). MRPL13 gene: mitochondrial ribosomal protein L13. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mrpl13

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MRPL13 gene: mitochondrial ribosomal protein L13 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mrpl13

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