Gene
RPL3L
ribosomal protein L3 like
- HGNC 10351↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000140986↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 6123↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 16p13.3
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 16: 1,943,974–1,954,689 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 10 exons across 10.7 kb
- Protein
- 407 amino acids
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000268661.8NM_005061.3
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Enlargement and weakening of the left ventricle not explained by coronary artery or valve disease; inherited forms involve TTN, LMNA, RBM20, FLNC, BAG3, DSP, MYH7, TNNT2, DES, PLN and many other genes, and include Barth syndrome and the Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophies.
- ClinGen rates the link moderate
- 2 GenCC submitters rate it definitive or strong
What knowing changes
Knowing a genetic cause supports earlier heart monitoring and family screening, and for genes with a high arrhythmia risk such as LMNA, FLNC and RBM20 it informs decisions about rhythm monitoring and implantable defibrillators.
How RPL3L is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Known disease-causing sites
- Stretches short reads find hard
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 2.1 kb of the gene's 10.7 kb; 1,224 of those bases code for the protein.
How a genome test reads RPL3L
4
positions in RPL3L where ClinVar classes a change as pathogenic or likely pathogenic
None of them falls in a region short reads find hard.
A whole genome covers all 10.7 kb of RPL3L, introns included, not only the 2.1 kb of exons.
Genes linked to the same conditions
- ABCC9ATP binding cassette subfamily C member 9Shares 1 condition
- ACTC1actin alpha cardiac muscle 1Shares 1 condition
- BAG3BAG cochaperone 3Shares 1 condition
- BAG5BAG cochaperone 5Shares 1 condition
- DESdesminShares 1 condition
- DMDdystrophinShares 1 condition
- DOLKdolichol kinaseShares 1 condition
- EMDemerinShares 1 condition
- FHL1four and a half LIM domains 1Shares 1 condition
- FKTNfukutinShares 1 condition
- FLIIFLII actin remodeling proteinShares 1 condition
- FLNCfilamin CShares 1 condition
Traits linked to RPL3L
The Human Phenotype Ontology lists these as features of the rare conditions RPL3L can cause. Each trait's page lists the other genes linked to it.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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.
- ClinVar and the GIAB stratifications: known disease-causing sites, and the regions short reads find hard.
- 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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). RPL3L gene: ribosomal protein L3 like. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/rpl3l
Dante Labs. RPL3L gene: ribosomal protein L3 like [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/rpl3l
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