Ribosomal Protein L24 (RPL24)

RPL24 has been referred to as ribosomal protein L30 because the encoded protein shares amino acid identity with the L30 ribosomal proteins from S. cerevisiae; however, its official name is ribosomal protein L24. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome. The deduced sequence of the RPL24 protein is similar to those of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ribosomal proteins L30A and L30B. RPL24 contains 157 amino acids and has a calculated pI of 9.6. The 5-prime untranslated region of the RPL24 cDNA contains a pyrimidine-rich sequence, a feature typical of mammalian ribosomal protein mRNAs. Northern blot analysis detected an approximately 700-bp RPL24 transcript in several human cell lines.