Ontology term:
mitochondrial translation (GO:0032543)
| Definition | Parents |
| The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a protein in a mitochondrion. This is a ribosome-mediated process in which the information in messenger RNA (mRNA) is used to specify the sequence of amino acids in the protein; the mitochondrion has its own ribosomes and transfer RNAs, and uses a genetic code that differs from the nuclear code. |
is_a
translation
part_of
mitochondrial gene expression
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