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Cance tissues showed weak to moderate cytoplasmic and nuclear staining. Occasional cases of hepatocellular carcinoma exhibited strong positivity. Several cases of cervical, skin, ovarian and endometrial cancers were negative.
A majority of cancer tissues showed moderate to strong cytoplasmic positivity in a granular pattern.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
MRPL17 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
MRP-L26, RPML26
Description
Mitochondrial ribosomal protein L17 (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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]