RPS18

Ribosomal protein S18
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsRPS18 ; D6S218E; HKE3; KE-3; KE3; S18
External IDsOMIM: 180473 MGI: 98146 HomoloGene: 88764 GeneCards: RPS18 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez622220084
EnsemblENSG00000096150ENSMUSG00000008668
UniProtP62269P62270
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_022551NM_011296
RefSeq (protein)NP_072045NP_035426
Location (UCSC)Chr 6:
33.24 – 33.24 Mb
Chr 17:
33.95 – 33.96 Mb
PubMed search

40S ribosomal protein S18 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RPS18 gene.[1][2][3]

Ribosomes, the organelles that catalyze protein synthesis, consist of a small 40S subunit and a large 60S subunit. Together these subunits are composed of 4 RNA species and approximately 80 structurally distinct proteins. This gene encodes a ribosomal protein that is a component of the 40S subunit. The protein belongs to the S13P family of ribosomal proteins. It is located in the cytoplasm. The gene product of the E. coli ortholog (ribosomal protein S13) is involved in the binding of fMet-tRNA, and thus, in the initiation of translation. This gene is an ortholog of mouse Ke3. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome.[3]

References

  1. Chassin D, Bellet D, Koman A (Mar 1993). "The human homolog of ribosomal protein S18". Nucleic Acids Res 21 (3): 745. doi:10.1093/nar/21.3.745. PMC 309181. PMID 8441687.
  2. Kenmochi N, Kawaguchi T, Rozen S, Davis E, Goodman N, Hudson TJ, Tanaka T, Page DC (Aug 1998). "A map of 75 human ribosomal protein genes". Genome Res 8 (5): 509–23. doi:10.1101/gr.8.5.509. PMID 9582194.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: RPS18 ribosomal protein S18".

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