Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

MRPL53

Large ribosomal subunit protein mL53

Also known as: RM53_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q96EL3
Gene
MRPL53
Ensembl
ENSG00000204822
Chromosome
2
Canonical length
112 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. A pseudogene corresponding to this gene is found on chromosome 1p. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

112 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q96EL3|MRPL53
     1  MAAALARLGL RPVKQVRVQF CPFEKNVEST RTFLQTVSSE KVRSTNLNCS VIADVRHDGS
    61  EPCVDVLFGD GHRLIMRGAH LTALEMLTAF ASHIRARDAA GSGDKPGADT GR

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against MRPL53 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)
0.35
Highest tissue expression
205 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • skeletal muscle: 205 nTPM
  • heart muscle: 179 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 153 nTPM
  • kidney: 145 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 124 nTPM
  • liver: 123 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • parietal cells: 34 nCPM
  • epididymal principal cells: 30 nCPM
  • enterocytes: 23 nCPM
  • neuroendocrine cells: 22 nCPM
  • epididymal efferent duct absorptive cells: 21 nCPM
  • epididymal efferent duct ciliated cells: 19 nCPM

Immune cell

  • naive B-cell: 369 nTPM
  • plasmacytoid DC: 362 nTPM
  • memory B-cell: 352 nTPM
  • total PBMC: 346 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 295 nTPM
  • naive CD4 T-cell: 283 nTPM

Brain region

  • choroid plexus: 62 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 57 nTPM
  • white matter: 56 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 52 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 49 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 48 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)
1.22
gnomAD pLI
0.28
gnomAD missense Z
-0.64
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.57
DepMap dependency class
common

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 5% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

  • Large ribosomal subunit protein mL53
  • Mitochondrial Large Ribosomal Subunit mL53
  • 39S ribosomal protein L53/MRP-L53

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of MRPL53 in the human serome: UniProt-annotated complex subunits plus reported interactors. Each links to its own Seroatlas record.

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads MRPL53 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against MRPL53 could matter depends on whether native MRPL53 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

MRPL53 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 MRPL53 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/MRPL53. 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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