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Cancers exhibited moderate granular cytoplasmic positivity. Few cases of pancreatic cancers displayed additional membranous staining. Several cases of colorectal along with rare endometrial, thyroid, lymphoma, lung, testis, renal and stomach showed strong positivity.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
MRPL13 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
L13, L13A, L13mt, RPL13, RPML13
Description
Mitochondrial ribosomal protein L13 (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]