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Gene

MRPS16

mitochondrial ribosomal protein S16

Summary

Cytogenetic location
10q22.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 10: 73,248,849–73,252,644 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 3.8 kb
Protein
137 amino acids
Also known as
CGI-132, bS16m
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000372945.8NM_016065.4
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads MRPS16 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MRPS16 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 10, with a bracket where MRPS16 sits. MRPS16 and 17 genes near it on chromosome 10, from 72,750,747 to 73,750,746.Chromosome 1010q22.2p15.3p15.2p15.1p14p13p12.33p12.32p12.31p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.31q23.32q23.33q24.1q24.2q24.31q24.32q24.33q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.11q26.12q26.13q26.2q26.372.8 Mb73 Mb73.2 Mb73.4 Mb73.6 MbMCU: 72,692,088–72,887,694, forward strandMCUOIT3: 72,893,573–72,933,036, forward strandOIT3PLA2G12B: 72,913,141–72,954,885, reverse strandPLA2G12BP4HA1: 73,005,811–73,097,108, reverse strandP4HA1ECD: 73,101,927–73,169,055, reverse strandECDNUDT13: 73,110,375–73,131,828, forward strandNUDT13FAM149B1: 73,168,118–73,244,504, forward strandFAM149B1DNAJC9: 73,183,362–73,247,319, reverse strandDNAJC9MRPS16: 73,248,849–73,252,644, reverse strandMRPS16CFAP70: 73,253,762–73,358,868, reverse strandCFAP70ANXA7: 73,365,027–73,414,731, reverse strandANXA7MSS51: 73,423,579–73,433,567, reverse strandMSS51PPP3CB: 73,436,418–73,496,034, reverse strandPPP3CBUSP54: 73,497,538–73,626,117, reverse strandUSP54MYOZ1: 73,631,556–73,642,103, reverse strandMYOZ1SYNPO2L: 73,644,881–73,663,803, reverse strandSYNPO2LAGAP5: 73,674,276–73,698,109, reverse strandAGAP5SEC24C: 73,744,348–73,772,173, forward strandSEC24CDiagram of MRPS16: 3 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 10Exon 3: 73,248,849–73,250,991, 2,143 basesExon 2: 73,251,763–73,252,023, 261 basesExon 1: 73,252,470–73,252,644, 175 bases3215′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 2.6 kb of the gene's 3.8 kb; 414 of those bases code for the protein.

Sequencing MRPS16

3Low

How hard MRPS16 is to sequence with short reads, out of 100

  • Mappability0%
  • Homology0%
  • Repeats15%
  • GC content5.2%
  • Reference coverage0%

1

position in MRPS16 where ClinVar classes a change as pathogenic or likely pathogenic

None of them falls in a region short reads find hard.

A whole genome covers all 3.8 kb of MRPS16, introns included, not only the 2.6 kb of exons.

Traits linked to MRPS16

The Human Phenotype Ontology lists these as features of the rare conditions MRPS16 can cause. Each trait's page lists the other genes linked to it.

External links

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.
  • ClinVar and the GIAB stratifications: known disease-causing sites, and the regions short reads find hard.
  • The Genome in a Bottle genome stratifications, from NIST: the sequencing difficulty score.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
  • Data release 2026.10.17-8666dff2.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). MRPS16 gene: mitochondrial ribosomal protein S16. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mrps16

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MRPS16 gene: mitochondrial ribosomal protein S16 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mrps16

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