Ribosomal Protein S26 (RPS26)

Ribosomes, the organelles that catalyze protein synthesis, consist of a small 40S subunit and a large 60S subunit. This gene encodes a ribosomal protein that is a component of the 40S subunit. The protein belongs to the S26E family of ribosomal proteins. It is located in the cytoplasm. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome.

The RPS26 gene has 4 exons which span 2,027 bp and result in an mRNA of 438 bp, plus the poly(A) tail. Like other vertebrate ribosomal protein genes, the RPS26 gene has a transcription start site that is located within a polypyrimidine tract, and a short 5-prime untranslated region.