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Gene

RPL27A

ribosomal protein L27a

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11p15.4
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 8,682,792–8,689,872 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 7.1 kb
Protein
148 amino acids
Also known as
L27A, uL15
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000314138.11NM_000990.5
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How RPL27A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where RPL27A sits. RPL27A and 11 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 8,186,332 to 9,186,331.Chromosome 1111p15.4p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q258.2 Mb8.4 Mb8.6 Mb8.8 Mb9 MbLMO1: 8,224,309–8,268,807, reverse strandLMO1STK33: 8,391,864–8,594,292, reverse strandSTK33TRIM66: 8,612,037–8,682,694, reverse strandTRIM66RPL27A: 8,682,792–8,689,872, forward strandRPL27ADENND2B: 8,693,343–8,910,951, reverse strandDENND2BAKIP1: 8,911,108–8,922,406, forward strandAKIP1C11orf16: 8,920,076–8,933,006, reverse strandC11orf16ASCL3: 8,937,578–8,943,016, reverse strandASCL3TMEM9B: 8,946,992–8,965,011, reverse strandTMEM9BNRIP3: 8,965,682–9,005,288, reverse strandNRIP3SCUBE2: 9,019,476–9,138,114, reverse strandSCUBE2DENND5A: 9,138,825–9,265,959, reverse strandDENND5ADiagram of RPL27A: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 11Exon 1: 8,682,792–8,682,816, 25 basesExon 2: 8,683,202–8,683,265, 64 basesExon 3: 8,684,006–8,684,081, 76 basesExon 4: 8,684,718–8,684,892, 175 basesExon 5: 8,685,678–8,689,872, 4,195 bases123455′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 4.5 kb of the gene's 7.1 kb; 447 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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). RPL27A gene: ribosomal protein L27a. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/rpl27a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. RPL27A gene: ribosomal protein L27a [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/rpl27a

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