title: Human ribosomal protein L4: cloning and sequencing of the cDNA and primary structure of the protein.
abstract: The cloning and sequencing of a cDNA for human ribosomal protein L4 is reported. The corresponding mRNA has a very short 5' untranslated region initiating with a sequence of 12 pyrimidines, characteristic of all vertebrate ribosomal protein mRNAs. The deduced amino acid sequence shows that human ribosomal protein L4 has 425 amino acid residues and a calculated molecular mass of 47,821 Da. Comparison with the homologous counterparts of Xenopus, Drosophila and yeast shows that this protein has a very conserved amino-terminus region and an extremely divergent carboxyl-terminus portion.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia, Università Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bagni
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mariottini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Annesi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Amaldi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; C056368:ribosomal protein L4