60S ribosomal protein L8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RPL8 gene.[5][6][7]

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RPL8
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesRPL8, L8, ribosomal protein L8
External IDsOMIM: 604177; MGI: 1350927; HomoloGene: 32141; GeneCards: RPL8; OMA:RPL8 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000973
NM_033301
NM_001317771
NM_001317782

NM_012053

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000964
NP_001304700
NP_001304711
NP_150644

NP_036183

Location (UCSC)Chr 8: 144.79 – 144.79 MbChr 15: 76.79 – 76.79 Mb
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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.[7]

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