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Gene

MRPL55

mitochondrial ribosomal protein L55

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1q42.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 228,106,685–228,109,299 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 2.6 kb
Protein
128 amino acids
Also known as
bL31m
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000336520.8NM_181463.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How MRPL55 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where MRPL55 sits. MRPL55 and 18 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 227,607,992 to 228,607,991.Chromosome 11q42.13p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q44227.8 Mb228 Mb228.2 Mb228.4 Mb228.6 MbZNF678: 227,542,091–227,679,669, forward strandZNF678SNAP47: 227,728,200–227,781,826, forward strandSNAP47JMJD4: 227,730,412–227,735,413, reverse strandJMJD4PRSS38: 227,815,675–227,846,478, forward strandPRSS38WNT9A: 227,918,656–227,947,939, reverse strandWNT9AWNT3A: 228,006,924–228,061,328, forward strandWNT3AARF1: 228,081,841–228,099,212, forward strandARF1C1orf35: 228,099,030–228,105,411, reverse strandC1orf35MRPL55: 228,106,685–228,109,299, reverse strandMRPL55GUK1: 228,139,962–228,148,984, forward strandGUK1GJC2: 228,149,891–228,159,826, forward strandGJC2IBA57: 228,165,777–228,182,257, forward strandIBA57OBSCN: 228,208,026–228,378,876, forward strandOBSCNTRIM11: 228,393,672–228,406,841, reverse strandTRIM11TRIM17: 228,406,860–228,416,902, reverse strandTRIM17H3-4: 228,424,845–228,425,360, reverse strandH3-4H2AC25: 228,434,777–228,457,873, reverse strandH2AC25H2BC26: 228,458,103–228,463,104, forward strandRNF187: 228,487,357–228,499,899, forward strandRNF187Diagram of MRPL55: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 1Exon 5: 228,106,685–228,106,918, 234 basesExon 4: 228,107,668–228,107,869, 202 basesExon 3: 228,108,235–228,108,318, 84 basesExon 2: 228,108,955–228,109,021, 67 basesExon 1: 228,109,149–228,109,299, 151 bases543215′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 0.7 kb of the gene's 2.6 kb; 387 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.). MRPL55 gene: mitochondrial ribosomal protein L55. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mrpl55

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MRPL55 gene: mitochondrial ribosomal protein L55 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mrpl55

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