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Gene

RPL9

ribosomal protein L9

Summary

Cytogenetic location
4p14
Coordinates
Chromosome 4: 39,454,124–39,458,922 (GRCh38)
Exons
8 exons across 4.8 kb
Protein
192 amino acids
Also known as
L9, uL6
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000295955.14NM_000661.5
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 RPL9 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 4, with a bracket where RPL9 sits. RPL9 and 10 genes near it on chromosome 4, from 38,956,523 to 39,956,522.Chromosome 44p14p16.3p16.2p16.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14p13p12p11q11q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.21q21.22q21.23q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26q27q28.1q28.2q28.3q31.1q31.21q31.22q31.23q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34.1q34.2q34.3q35.1q35.239 Mb39.2 Mb39.4 Mb39.6 Mb39.8 MbTMEM156: 38,965,999–39,032,922, reverse strandTMEM156KLHL5: 39,044,613–39,126,857, forward strandKLHL5WDR19: 39,182,463–39,285,810, forward strandWDR19RFC1: 39,287,455–39,366,400, reverse strandRFC1KLB: 39,406,896–39,451,533, forward strandKLBRPL9: 39,454,124–39,458,922, reverse strandRPL9LIAS: 39,459,004–39,485,109, forward strandLIASUGDH: 39,498,755–39,528,311, reverse strandUGDHSMIM14: 39,546,336–39,639,092, reverse strandSMIM14UBE2K: 39,697,879–39,782,792, forward strandUBE2KPDS5A: 39,822,863–39,977,993, reverse strandPDS5ADiagram of RPL9: 8 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 4Exon 8: 39,454,124–39,454,225, 102 basesExon 7: 39,454,533–39,454,649, 117 basesExon 6: 39,454,864–39,454,944, 81 basesExon 5: 39,456,406–39,456,538, 133 basesExon 4: 39,457,586–39,457,681, 96 basesExon 3: 39,458,194–39,458,309, 116 basesExon 2: 39,458,394–39,458,440, 47 basesExon 1: 39,458,891–39,458,922, 32 bases876543215′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 0.7 kb of the gene's 4.8 kb; 579 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). RPL9 gene: ribosomal protein L9. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/rpl9

Vancouver

Dante Labs. RPL9 gene: ribosomal protein L9 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/rpl9

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