RPL36A

Ribosomal protein L36a
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
Symbols RPL36A ; L36A; L44L; MIG6; RPL44
External IDs OMIM: 300902 MGI: 3648757 HomoloGene: 776 GeneCards: RPL36A Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 6173 19982
Ensembl ENSG00000241343 ENSMUSG00000049751
UniProt P83881 P83882
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001199972 NM_019865
RefSeq (protein) NP_001186901 NP_063918
Location (UCSC) Chr X:
101.39 – 101.4 Mb
Chr 12:
69.18 – 69.18 Mb
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60S ribosomal protein L36a is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RPL36A gene.[1][2]

Cytoplasmic ribosomes, 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, which shares sequence similarity with yeast ribosomal protein L44, belongs to the L44E (L36AE) family of ribosomal proteins. Although this gene has been referred to as ribosomal protein L44 (RPL44), its official name is ribosomal protein L36a (RPL36A). This gene and the human gene officially named ribosomal protein L36a-like (RPL36AL) encode nearly identical proteins; however, they are distinct genes. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome.[2]

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