Mitochondrially encoded tRNA methionine also known as MT-TM is a transfer RNA which in humans is encoded by the mitochondrial MT-TM gene.[1]
mitochondrially encoded tRNA methionine | |
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Identifiers | |
Symbol | MT-TM |
Alt. symbols | MTTM |
NCBI gene | 4569 |
HGNC | 7492 |
RefSeq | NC_001807 |
Other data | |
Locus | Chr. MT [1] |
MT-TM is a small 68 nucleotide RNA (human mitochondrial map position 4402-4469) that transfers the amino acid methionine to a growing polypeptide chain at the ribosome site of protein synthesis during translation.