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60S ribosomal protein L14

60S ribosomal protein L14 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RPL14 gene.

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Jun 19, 2026
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Length
944 w
Citations
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Source
RPL14
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesRPL14, CAG-ISL-7, CTG-B33, L14, RL14, hRL14, ribosomal protein L14
External IDsOMIM: 617414; MGI: 1914365; HomoloGene: 68375; GeneCards: RPL14; OMA:RPL14 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_003973
NM_001034996

NM_025974

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001030168
NP_003964

NP_080250

Location (UCSC)Chr 3: 40.46 – 40.47 MbChr 9: 120.4 – 120.4 Mb
PubMed search34
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60S ribosomal protein L14 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RPL14 gene.56

Function

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 L14E family of ribosomal proteins. It contains a basic region-leucine zipper (bZIP)-like domain. The protein is located in the cytoplasm. This gene contains a trinucleotide (GCT) repeat tract whose length is highly polymorphic; these triplet repeats result in a stretch of alanine residues in the encoded protein. Transcript variants utilizing alternative polyA signals and alternative 5'-terminal exons exist but all encode the same protein. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome.6

Interactions

RPL14 has been shown to interact with PHLDA1.7

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000188846Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000025794Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Tanaka M, Tanaka T, Harata M, Suzuki T, Mitsui Y (March 1998). "Triplet repeat-containing ribosomal protein L14 gene in immortalized human endothelial cell line (t-HUE4)". Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 243 (2): 531–7. Bibcode:1998BBRC..243..531T. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.8125. PMID 9480843.
  6. "Entrez Gene: RPL14 ribosomal protein L14".
  7. Hinz T, Flindt S, Marx A, Janssen O, Kabelitz D (May 2001). "Inhibition of protein synthesis by the T cell receptor-inducible human TDAG51 gene product". Cell. Signal. 13 (5): 345–52. doi:10.1016/S0898-6568(01)00141-3. PMID 11369516.
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