RPL3

60S ribosomal protein L3 is a is_associated_with::protein that in humans is encoded by the RPL3 is_associated_with::gene.

Function
is_associated_with::Ribosomes, the complexes that catalyze protein synthesis, consist of a small is_associated_with::40S subunit and a large is_associated_with::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. The protein belongs to the L3P family of ribosomal proteins and it is located in the is_associated_with::cytoplasm. The protein can bind to the is_associated_with::HIV-1 TAR is_associated_with::mRNA, and it has been suggested that the protein contributes to tat-mediated is_associated_with::transactivation. This gene is co-transcribed with several is_associated_with::small nucleolar RNA genes, which are located in several of this gene's is_associated_with::introns. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding different isoforms, have been characterized. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome.