Mitochondrially encoded tRNA serine 2 (AGU/C) also known as MT-TS2 is a
transfer RNA which in humans is encoded by the
mitochondrial ''MT-TS2''
gene
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MT-TS2 is a small 59 nucleotide
RNA (human mitochondrial map position 12207-12265) that transfers the amino acid
serine to a growing
polypeptide chain at the
ribosome site of
protein
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synthesis during
translation
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