MT-RNR2

Mitochondrially encoded 16S RNA (often abbreviated as 16S) is the mitochondrial large subunit ribosomal RNA^[1][2] that in humans is encoded by the MT-RNR2 gene. The MT-RNR2 gene also encodes the Humanin polypeptide that has been the target of Alzheimer's disease research.^[3]

mitochondrially encoded 16S RNA
Identifiers
Symbol	MT-RNR2
Alt. symbols	MTRNR2
NCBI gene	4550
HGNC	7471
UniProt	Q8IVG9
Other data
Locus	Chr. MT
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Location of the MT-RNR2 gene on the H strand of the human mitochondrial genome. MT-RNR2, or RRNL, is one of the two mitochondrial ribosomal RNA genes (blue boxes).

The 16S rRNA is the mitochondrial homologue of the prokaryotic 23S and eukaryotic nuclear 28S ribosomal RNAs.^[4]

See also

• Mitochondrial DNA
• Humanin