rs12403795

This is a intron variant variant in the MRPS21 gene.

GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (3)

Genome-wide significant associations (p < 5×10⁻⁸) from the NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog.

body height

Allele T
OR 0.01
p 8.0e-31
N 5,314,291
Large GWAS
European, Hispanic or Latin American, East Asian, African unspecified, South Asian

extracellular matrix protein 1 amount

Allele T
OR 0.44
p 3.0e-21
N 2,935
Large GWAS
Greater Middle Eastern (Middle Eastern, North African or Persian)

platelet volume

Allele C
OR
p 4.0e-10
N 484,042
Large GWAS
multi-ancestry

About MRPS21

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 28S subunit protein that belongs to the ribosomal protein S21P family. Pseudogenes corresponding to this gene are found on chromosomes 1p, 1q, 9p, 10p, 10q, 16q, and 17q. Available sequence data analyses identified splice variants that differ in the 5' UTR; both transcripts encode the same protein. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

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