Ribosomal protein L31p (bL31, also known as 54S ribosomal protein L36), is a component of the mitochondrial ribosome. Overexpression of bL31m suppresses mutations in the COX2 leader peptide-encoding and initiation codon regions [1,2]. This entry represents the N-terminal domain of yeast bL31 [3].

1: Mitochondrial translation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae COX2 mRNA is controlled by the nucleotide sequence specifying the pre-Cox2p leader peptide. Bonnefoy N, Bsat N, Fox TD; Mol Cell Biol. 2001;21:2359-2372. PMID:11259585

2: MrpL36p, a highly diverged L31 ribosomal protein homolog with additional functional domains in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondria. Williams EH, Perez-Martinez X, Fox TD; Genetics. 2004;167:65-75. PMID:15166137

3: Structure of the yeast mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit. Amunts A, Brown A, Bai XC, Llacer JL, Hussain T, Emsley P, Long F, Murshudov G, Scheres SHW, Ramakrishnan V; Science. 2014;343:1485-1489. PMID:24675956