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Gene

RPL21

ribosomal protein L21

Summary

Cytogenetic location
13q12.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 13: 27,251,558–27,256,568 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 5 kb
Protein
160 amino acids
Also known as
L21, FLJ27458, MGC71252, MGC104274, MGC104275, DKFZp686C06101, eL21
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000311549.11NM_000982.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated report relevant to this gene

How RPL21 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 13, with a bracket where RPL21 sits. RPL21 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 13, from 26,754,063 to 27,754,062.Chromosome 1313q12.2p13p12p11.2p11.1q11q12.11q12.12q12.13q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.11q14.12q14.13q14.2q14.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33.1q33.2q33.3q3426.8 Mb27 Mb27.2 Mb27.4 Mb27.6 MbGPR12: 26,755,200–26,761,028, reverse strandGPR12USP12: 27,066,146–27,171,885, reverse strandUSP12RPL21: 27,251,558–27,256,568, forward strandRPL21RASL11A: 27,270,786–27,275,192, forward strandRASL11AGTF3A: 27,424,584–27,435,823, forward strandGTF3AMTIF3: 27,429,823–27,450,613, reverse strandMTIF3LNX2: 27,545,911–27,621,354, reverse strandLNX2POLR1D: 27,620,742–27,744,237, forward strandPOLR1DDiagram of RPL21: 6 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 13Exon 1: 27,251,558–27,251,585, 28 basesExon 2: 27,253,765–27,253,843, 79 basesExon 3: 27,254,220–27,254,281, 62 basesExon 4: 27,255,242–27,255,354, 113 basesExon 5: 27,256,184–27,256,334, 151 basesExon 6: 27,256,436–27,256,568, 133 bases1234565′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 0.6 kb of the gene's 5 kb; 483 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.
  • GenCC and ClinGen, released 2026-10-16: which conditions the gene is linked to, and how strongly.
  • The ACMG secondary findings list, SF v3.2.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
  • Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). RPL21 gene: ribosomal protein L21. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/rpl21

Vancouver

Dante Labs. RPL21 gene: ribosomal protein L21 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/rpl21

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