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Gene

RPL4

ribosomal protein L4

Summary

Cytogenetic location
15q22.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 15: 66,498,015–66,504,855 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 6.8 kb
Protein
427 amino acids
Also known as
L4, uL4
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000307961.11NM_000968.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How RPL4 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 15, with a bracket where RPL4 sits. RPL4 and 8 genes near it on chromosome 15, from 66,001,435 to 67,001,434.Chromosome 1515q22.31p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q14q15.1q15.2q15.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.1q26.2q26.366.2 Mb66.4 Mb66.6 Mb66.8 Mb67 MbMEGF11: 65,895,079–66,253,811, reverse strandMEGF11DIS3L: 66,293,217–66,333,906, forward strandDIS3LTIPIN: 66,336,191–66,386,756, reverse strandTIPINMAP2K1: 66,386,816–66,491,656, forward strandMAP2K1SNAPC5: 66,487,639–66,497,823, reverse strandSNAPC5RPL4: 66,498,015–66,504,855, reverse strandRPL4ZWILCH: 66,504,959–66,550,130, forward strandZWILCHLCTL: 66,547,179–66,566,003, reverse strandLCTLSMAD6: 66,701,224–66,782,860, forward strandSMAD6Diagram of RPL4: 10 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 15Exon 10: 66,498,015–66,499,652, 1,638 basesExon 9: 66,500,056–66,500,176, 121 basesExon 8: 66,500,293–66,500,376, 84 basesExon 7: 66,500,949–66,501,105, 157 basesExon 6: 66,501,375–66,501,504, 130 basesExon 5: 66,501,788–66,501,912, 125 basesExon 4: 66,502,612–66,502,750, 139 basesExon 3: 66,503,058–66,503,164, 107 basesExon 2: 66,503,358–66,503,529, 172 basesExon 1: 66,504,788–66,504,855, 68 bases109876543215′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 2.7 kb of the gene's 6.8 kb; 1,284 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.). RPL4 gene: ribosomal protein L4. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/rpl4

Vancouver

Dante Labs. RPL4 gene: ribosomal protein L4 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/rpl4

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