Entrez gene ID | | 9045 |
Official gene symbol | | RPL14 |
Full name | | ribosomal protein L14 |
Aliases | | ,CAG-ISL-7,CTG-B33,L14,MGC88594,RL14,hRL14, |
Gene summary | | 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 L14E family of ribosomal proteins. It contains a basic region-leucine zipper (bZIP)-like domain. The protein is located in the cytoplasm. This gene contains a trinucleotide (GCT) repeat tract whose length is highly polymorphic; these triplet repeats result in a stretch of alanine residues in the encoded protein. Transcript variants utilizing alternative polyA signals and alternative 5'-terminal exons exist but all encode the same protein. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 3 Locus: 3p22-p21.2 |
Gene position | | 40498801 - 40503859 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 5059 bp |
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