RPL8 Antibody – Goat Polyclonal

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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

RPL8: a ribosomal protein of the L2P family. Located in the cytoplasm. 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 protein is a component of the 60S subunit. Associates with 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.

Protein type: Translation; Ribosomal; RNA-binding

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 8q24.3

Cellular Component: focal adhesion; membrane; cytoplasm; nucleolus; cytosol

Molecular Function: rRNA binding; structural constituent of ribosome; RNA binding

Biological Process: SRP-dependent cotranslational protein targeting to membrane; cellular protein metabolic process; translational elongation; viral reproduction; translation; translational initiation; mRNA catabolic process, nonsense-mediated decay; viral transcription; gene expression; translational termination; viral infectious cycle