RPL3

Ribosomes, the complexes 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 L3P family of ribosomal proteins and it is located in the cytoplasm. The protein can bind to the HIV-1 TAR mRNA, and it has been suggested that the protein contributes to tat-mediated transactivation. This gene is co-transcribed with several small nucleolar RNA genes, which are located in several of this gene's introns. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding different isoforms, have been characterized. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Description

Ribosomal protein L3

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Nucleoli, Cytosol

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

FDA approved drug targets
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Plasma proteins
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)
Ribosomal proteins

Chromosome

22 (39312882 - 39320389)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000100316  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Rpl3: ENSMUSG00000060036

UniProt

P39023

neXtProt

NX_P39023

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure