Biology:MT-TC

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Short description: Transfer RNA


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Mitochondrially encoded tRNA cysteine also known as MT-TC is a transfer RNA which in humans is encoded by the mitochondrial MT-TC gene.[1]

MT-TC is a small 82 nucleotide RNA (human mitochondrial map position 5761–5826) that transfers the amino acid cysteine to a growing polypeptide chain at the ribosome site of protein synthesis during translation.

References

  1. "Sequence and organization of the human mitochondrial genome". Nature 290 (5806): 457–65. April 1981. doi:10.1038/290457a0. PMID 7219534. Bibcode1981Natur.290..457A.