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MRPL34

Large ribosomal subunit protein bL34m

Also known as: L34mt, MGC24974, MGC2633, RM34_HUMAN

Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9BQ48
Gene
MRPL34
Ensembl
ENSG00000130312
Chromosome
19
Canonical length
92 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins, Ribosomal proteins
Subcellular location
Mitochondria

OverviewNCBI Gene

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]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

92 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9BQ48|MRPL34
     1  MAVLAGSLLG PTSRSAALLG GRWLQPRAWL GFPDAWGLPT PQQARGKARG NEYQPSNIKR
    61  KNKHGWVRRL STPAGVQVIL RRMLKGRKSL SH

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against MRPL34 can act on the native protein depends on physical access: surface and secreted proteins are reachable by circulating antibodies, intracellular proteins usually are not.

Antibody reachability
Intracellular
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.61
Highest tissue expression
212 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • liver: 212 nTPM
  • skeletal muscle: 199 nTPM
  • heart muscle: 187 nTPM
  • kidney: 160 nTPM
  • tongue: 130 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 121 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • late primary spermatocytes: 448 nCPM
  • hepatocytes: 323 nCPM
  • hofbauer cells: 221 nCPM
  • esophageal basal cells: 211 nCPM
  • enterocytes: 196 nCPM
  • parietal cells: 195 nCPM

Immune cell

  • total PBMC: 277 nTPM
  • plasmacytoid DC: 234 nTPM
  • naive B-cell: 212 nTPM
  • T-reg: 212 nTPM
  • memory B-cell: 205 nTPM
  • memory CD4 T-cell: 204 nTPM

Brain region

  • choroid plexus: 136 nTPM
  • thalamus: 82 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 78 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 77 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 74 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 72 nTPM

Genetic constraint and essentialitygnomAD · DepMap

Does the body need this protein intact? Low LOEUF or a strong DepMap dependency means loss or blockade of the protein is likely to be felt.

gnomAD LOEUF (loss-of-function intolerance)
1.95
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
-0.03
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.84
DepMap dependency class
common

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 6% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

  • Large ribosomal subunit protein bL34
  • Ribosomal protein L34

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads MRPL34 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against MRPL34 could matter depends on whether native MRPL34 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

MRPL34 is annotated as predominantly intracellular. Intracellular proteins are common autoantibody markers, becoming visible to the immune system after cell injury or altered processing, but are usually markers of disease rather than direct drivers.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label MRPL34 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/MRPL34. Study-independent annotations aggregated from UniProt, Human Protein Atlas, PubMed, IEDB, Pfam, InterPro, Gene Ontology, AlphaFold, gnomAD, DepMap, ClinVar, TCGA. Catalog release seroatlas-reviewed-human-uniprot-20260313.

Seroatlas is the reference for exploring autoantibody and antibody serology at the human-protein level: the autoreactome and human serome, multiplex serology (HuProt, HuScan, VirScan, PhIP-Seq).

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