RPS18

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 40S subunit. The protein belongs to the S13P family of ribosomal proteins. It is located in the cytoplasm. The gene product of the E. coli ortholog (ribosomal protein S13) is involved in the binding of fMet-tRNA, and thus, in the initiation of translation. This gene is an ortholog of mouse Ke3. 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 S18

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Cytosol

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

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

6 (33272075 - 33276511)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000231500  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Rps18: ENSMUSG00000008668

UniProt

P62269

neXtProt

NX_P62269

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure