RPL18A

Ribosomal protein L18a
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
Symbols RPL18A ; L18A
External IDs OMIM: 604178 MGI: 1924058 HomoloGene: 68104 GeneCards: RPL18A Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 6142 76808
Ensembl ENSG00000105640 ENSMUSG00000045128
UniProt Q02543 P62717
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000980 NM_029751
RefSeq (protein) NP_000971 NP_084027
Location (UCSC) Chr 19:
17.86 – 17.86 Mb
Chr 8:
70.89 – 70.9 Mb
PubMed search

60S ribosomal protein L18a is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RPL18A gene.[1][2]

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 60S subunit. The protein belongs to the L18AE family of ribosomal proteins. It is located in the cytoplasm. This gene is co-transcribed with the U68 snoRNA, which is located in its third intron. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome.[2]

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: RPL18A ribosomal protein L18a".

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