RPL37A
Description
The RPL37A (ribosomal protein L37a) is a protein-coding gene located on chromosome 2.
60S ribosomal protein L37a is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RPL37A gene. 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 L37AE family of ribosomal proteins. It is located in the cytoplasm. The protein contains a C4-type zinc finger-like domain. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome.
RPL37A is also known as L37A, eL43.
Associated Diseases
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- cystic fibrosis
- Becker muscular dystrophy
- qualitative or quantitative defects of dystrophin
- aniridia
- Alport syndrome
- cystinosis
- hemophilia A
- hemophilia B
