Ribosomal Protein L26 (RPL26)

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.

60S ribosomal protein L26 is a protein belongs to the L24P 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.Zaman (1993) isolated a human lung cancer cell line cDNA encoding ribosomal protein L26 (RPL26). The deduced 145-amino acid human RPL26 protein differs from the rat Rpl26 protein by 2 amino acids.