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Most cancer tissues showed weak to moderate granular cytoplasmic positivity. Few cases of melanomas, prostate and colorectal cancers displayed strong positivity.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
MRPL10 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
L10MT, MGC17973, MRP-L10, MRP-L8, MRPL8, RPML8
Description
Mitochondrial ribosomal protein L10 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
Mammalian mitochondrial ribosomal proteins are encoded by nuclear genes and help in protein synthesis within the mitochondrion. Mitochondrial ribosomes (mitoribosomes) consist of a small 28S subunit and a large 39S subunit. They have an estimated 75% protein to rRNA composition compared to prokaryotic ribosomes, where this ratio is reversed. Another difference between mammalian mitoribosomes and prokaryotic ribosomes is that the latter contain a 5S rRNA. Among different species, the proteins comprising the mitoribosome differ greatly in sequence, and sometimes in biochemical properties, which prevents easy recognition by sequence homology. This gene encodes a 39S subunit protein. Sequence analysis identified three transcript variants that encode two different isoforms. A pseudogene corresponding to this gene is found on chromosome 5q. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2010]