RPS18
Description
The RPS18 (ribosomal protein S18) is a protein-coding gene located on chromosome 6.
40S ribosomal protein S18 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RPS18 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 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.
RPS18 is also known as D6S218E, HKE3, KE-3, KE3, S18, uS13.
Associated Diseases
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- cystic fibrosis
- COVID-19
- Becker muscular dystrophy
- qualitative or quantitative defects of dystrophin
- aniridia
- hemophilia B
- hemophilia A
- Alport syndrome
- cystinosis
