RPL8

Ribosomal protein L8
Identifiers
Symbols	RPL8 ;
External IDs	Template:OMIM5 Template:MGI HomoloGene: 32141
Gene ontology Molecular function Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Cellular component Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Biological process Template:GNF GO
RNA expression pattern
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More reference expression data
Orthologs
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Species	Human	Mouse
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RefSeq (mRNA)	n/a	n/a
RefSeq (protein)	n/a	n/a
Location (UCSC)	n/a	n/a
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Ribosomal protein L8, also known as RPL8, is a human gene.

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.

Further reading

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• Uhlein M, Weglöhner W, Urlaub H, Wittmann-Liebold B (1998). "Functional implications of ribosomal protein L2 in protein biosynthesis as shown by in vivo replacement studies". Biochem. J. 331 ( Pt 2): 423–30. PMID 9531480.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
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• Stelzl U, Worm U, Lalowski M; et al. (2005). "A human protein-protein interaction network: a resource for annotating the proteome". Cell. 122 (6): 957–68. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2005.08.029. PMID 16169070.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)