MTRF1

mitochondrial translation release factor 1

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene was determined by in silico methods to be a mitochondrial protein with similarity to the peptide chain release factors (RFs) discovered in bacteria and yeast. The peptide chain release factors direct the termination of translation in response to the peptide chain termination codons. Initially thought to have a role in the termination of mitochondria protein synthesis, a recent publication found no mitochondrial translation release functionality. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants have been suggested by mRNA and EST data; however, their full-length natures are not clear. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants29 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs15051159613:41,791,267A/T—uncertain significance
rs11645065813:41,791,310A/C—benign
rs11331459213:41,797,402C/T—uncertain significance
rs36817135913:41,797,429C/T—uncertain significance
rs14911288213:41,800,596C/T—uncertain significance
rs95103043313:41,800,597G/A—likely benign
rs37609378813:41,800,645G/A—uncertain significance
rs77200527213:41,800,692T/G—uncertain significance
rs76675720713:41,808,119C/T—uncertain significance
rs128547635513:41,814,434C/T—uncertain significance
rs76238941513:41,814,447G/A—uncertain significance
rs13941022113:41,814,538G/A—benign
rs75382650613:41,814,556A/T—uncertain significance
rs203922299013:41,826,814A/G—uncertain significance
rs14617988113:41,826,864C/T—uncertain significance
rs11184460113:41,827,092A/T—benign
rs203926384613:41,827,109C/T—uncertain significance
rs19160671113:41,834,639T/C—benign
rs86818161713:41,834,662G/C—uncertain significance
rs76882546613:41,834,773G/T—uncertain significance
rs127660891313:41,834,796C/T—likely benign
rs254268182813:41,834,892T/A—uncertain significance
rs89582629213:41,834,916C/A—uncertain significance
rs53229068913:41,834,931C/G—uncertain significance
rs254268439213:41,834,958T/A—uncertain significance
rs956674013:41,865,325T/Cupstream gene variant—
rs7747868613:41,869,725G/T——
rs74857421013:41,882,720G/A——
rs250194913:41,883,625T/Cupstream gene variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

MTRF1 — mitochondrial translation release factor 1