EuRBPDB

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000129824 (Gene tree)

Gene ID

6192

Gene Symbol

RPS4Y1

Alias

MGC5070|MGC119100|S4|RPS4Y

Full Name

ribosomal protein S4 Y-linked 1

Gene Type

protein_coding

Species

Homo_sapiens

Status

confidence

Strand

Plus strand

Length

90,515 bases

Position

chrY:2,841,486-2,932,000

Accession

10425

RBP type

canonical RBP

Summary

Cytoplasmic ribosomes, 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 ribosomal protein S4, a component of the 40S subunit. Ribosomal protein S4 is the only ribosomal protein known to be encoded by more than one gene, namely this gene and ribosomal protein S4, X-linked (RPS4X). The 2 isoforms encoded by these genes are not identical, but are functionally equivalent. Ribosomal protein S4 belongs to the S4E family of ribosomal proteins. It has been suggested that haploinsufficiency of the ribosomal protein S4 genes plays a role in Turner syndrome; however, this hypothesis is controversial. 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]