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Gene

MRPL18

mitochondrial ribosomal protein L18

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6q25.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 159,790,467–159,798,429 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 8 kb
Protein
180 amino acids
Also known as
HSPC071, uL18m
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000367034.5NM_014161.5
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 MRPL18 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MRPL18 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where MRPL18 sits. MRPL18 and 9 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 159,294,448 to 160,294,447.Chromosome 66q25.3p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q27159.4 Mb159.6 Mb159.8 Mb160 Mb160.2 MbSOD2: 159,569,593–159,762,529, reverse strandSOD2WTAP: 159,716,378–159,756,319, forward strandWTAPACAT2: 159,761,445–159,788,182, forward strandACAT2TCP1: 159,778,498–159,789,707, reverse strandTCP1MRPL18: 159,790,467–159,798,429, forward strandMRPL18PNLDC1: 159,800,249–159,820,704, forward strandPNLDC1MAS1: 159,830,066–159,917,447, forward strandMAS1IGF2R: 159,969,033–160,113,507, forward strandIGF2RSLC22A1: 160,121,372–160,160,590, forward strandSLC22A1SLC22A2: 160,171,061–160,277,638, reverse strandSLC22A2Diagram of MRPL18: 4 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 6Exon 1: 159,790,467–159,790,639, 173 basesExon 2: 159,790,940–159,791,126, 187 basesExon 3: 159,797,287–159,797,518, 232 basesExon 4: 159,798,052–159,798,429, 378 bases12345′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 kb of the gene's 8 kb; 543 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.). MRPL18 gene: mitochondrial ribosomal protein L18. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mrpl18

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MRPL18 gene: mitochondrial ribosomal protein L18 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mrpl18

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