Full name: ribosomal protein L6

Gene type: protein coding

RefSeq status: REVIEWED

Also known as: L6; SHUJUN-2; TAXREB107; TXREB1

Summary: This gene encodes a protein component of the 60S ribosomal subunit. This protein can bind specifically to domain C of the tax-responsive enhancer element of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1, and may participate in tax-mediated transactivation of transcription. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed throughout the genome. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2016]

Expression: Ubiquitous expression in ovary (RPKM 360.8), lymph node (RPKM 224.8) and 25 other tissues

Gene size: 13655bp

Exon count: 12