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Gene

MRPL15

mitochondrial ribosomal protein L15

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8q11.23
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 54,135,241–54,148,514 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 13.3 kb
Protein
296 amino acids
Also known as
RPML7, MRP-L7, HSPC145, L15mt, MRP-L15, uL15m
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000260102.9NM_014175.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads MRPL15 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MRPL15 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where MRPL15 sits. MRPL15 and 6 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 53,641,878 to 54,641,877.Chromosome 88q11.23p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.353.8 Mb54 Mb54.2 Mb54.4 Mb54.6 MbATP6V1H: 53,715,543–53,843,558, reverse strandATP6V1HRGS20: 53,851,795–53,959,303, forward strandRGS20TCEA1: 53,966,552–54,022,508, reverse strandTCEA1LYPLA1: 54,046,367–54,102,035, reverse strandLYPLA1MRPL15: 54,135,241–54,148,514, forward strandMRPL15SOX17: 54,457,928–54,462,314, forward strandSOX17RP1: 54,509,422–54,871,720, forward strandRP1Diagram of MRPL15: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 8Exon 1: 54,135,241–54,135,391, 151 basesExon 2: 54,136,511–54,136,665, 155 basesExon 3: 54,137,268–54,137,433, 166 basesExon 4: 54,142,663–54,142,786, 124 basesExon 5: 54,147,382–54,148,514, 1,133 bases123455′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 1.7 kb of the gene's 13.3 kb; 891 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.). MRPL15 gene: mitochondrial ribosomal protein L15. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mrpl15

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MRPL15 gene: mitochondrial ribosomal protein L15 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mrpl15

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