EuRBPDB

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000198034 (Gene tree)

Gene ID

6191

Gene Symbol

RPS4X

Alias

DXS306|CCG2|SCAR|SCR10|FLJ40595|RPS4|S4

Full Name

ribosomal protein S4 X-linked

Gene Type

protein_coding

Species

Homo_sapiens

Status

confidence

Strand

Minus strand

Length

21,622 bases

Position

chrX:72,255,679-72,277,300

Accession

10424

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, Y-linked (RPS4Y). 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. This gene is not subject to X-inactivation. 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]