60S ribosomal protein L17 explained

Large ribosomal subunit protein uL22 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RPL17 gene.^{[1] [2] [3]}

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 L22P family of ribosomal proteins. It is located in the cytoplasm. This gene has been referred to as RPL23 because the encoded protein shares amino acid identity with ribosomal protein L23 from Haloarcula marismortui; however, its official symbol is RPL17. Two alternative splice variants have been observed, each encoding the same protein. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome.^[3]

See also

• Mitochondrial ribosomal protein L22, another human protein of uL22 (L22p or L17e) family

Further reading

• Wool IG, Chan YL, Glück A . Structure and evolution of mammalian ribosomal proteins. . Biochem. Cell Biol. . 73 . 11–12 . 933–47 . 1996 . 8722009 . 10.1139/o95-101 .
• Andersen JS, Lyon CE, Fox AH, etal . Directed proteomic analysis of the human nucleolus . Curr. Biol. . 12 . 1 . 1–11 . 2002 . 11790298 . 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00650-9 . 14132033 . free . 2002CBio...12....1A .
• Yoshihama M, Uechi T, Asakawa S, etal . The human ribosomal protein genes: sequencing and comparative analysis of 73 genes . Genome Res. . 12 . 3 . 379–90 . 2002 . 11875025 . 10.1101/gr.214202 . 155282 .
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, etal . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2003 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . 2002PNAS...9916899M . free .
• Matsuda A, Suzuki Y, Honda G, etal . Large-scale identification and characterization of human genes that activate NF-kappaB and MAPK signaling pathways . Oncogene . 22 . 21 . 3307–18 . 2003 . 12761501 . 10.1038/sj.onc.1206406 . 38880905 .
• Odintsova TI, Müller EC, Ivanov AV, etal . Characterization and analysis of posttranslational modifications of the human large cytoplasmic ribosomal subunit proteins by mass spectrometry and Edman sequencing . J. Protein Chem. . 22 . 3 . 249–58 . 2004 . 12962325 . 10.1023/A:1025068419698 . 10710245 .
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, etal . The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) . Genome Res. . 14 . 10B . 2121–7 . 2004 . 15489334 . 10.1101/gr.2596504 . 528928 .
• Andersen JS, Lam YW, Leung AK, etal . Nucleolar proteome dynamics . Nature . 433 . 7021 . 77–83 . 2005 . 15635413 . 10.1038/nature03207 . 2005Natur.433...77A . 4344740 .

Notes and References

1. Mager DL, Freeman JD . A human gene related to the ribosomal protein L23 gene of Halobacterium marismortui . Nucleic Acids Res . 18 . 17 . 5301 . Oct 1990 . 2402465 . 332174 . 10.1093/nar/18.17.5301 .
2. Kenmochi N, Kawaguchi T, Rozen S, Davis E, Goodman N, Hudson TJ, Tanaka T, Page DC . A map of 75 human ribosomal protein genes . Genome Res . 8 . 5 . 509–23 . Aug 1998 . 9582194 . 10.1101/gr.8.5.509. free .
3. Web site: Entrez Gene: RPL17 ribosomal protein L17.