60S ribosomal protein L8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RPL8 gene.[5][6][7]

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 L2P family of ribosomal proteins. It is located in the cytoplasm. In rat, the protein associates with the 5.8S rRNA, very likely participates in the binding of aminoacyl-tRNA, and is a constituent of the elongation factor 2-binding site at the ribosomal subunit interface. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein exist. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000161016Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000003970Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Hanes J, Klaudiny J, von der Kammer H, Scheit KH (Feb 1994). "Characterization by cDNA cloning of the mRNA of human ribosomal protein L8". Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 197 (3): 1223–8. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1993.2607. PMID 7506540.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: RPL8 ribosomal protein L8".

Further reading

External links

  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P62917 (60S ribosomal protein L8) at the PDBe-KB.