线粒体16S RNA是一种存在于线粒体核糖体(mitoribosome,MR)39S核糖体亚基中的rRNA。[1][2]在人类细胞的线粒体中,该rRNA由MT-RNR2基因编码。MT-RNR2基因还同时编码了能抑制阿尔茨海默症相关基因表达的humanin。[3][4]
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