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Gene

RPS18

ribosomal protein S18

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p21.32
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 33,272,075–33,276,511 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 4.4 kb
Protein
152 amino acids
Also known as
KE3, KE-3, HKE3, S18, uS13
Previous symbols
D6S218E
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000439602.7NM_022551.3
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 reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads RPS18 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How RPS18 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where RPS18 sits. RPS18 and 38 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 32,774,293 to 33,774,292.Chromosome 66p21.32p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2732.8 Mb33 Mb33.2 Mb33.4 Mb33.6 MbHLA-DOB: 32,812,763–32,820,466, reverse strand: 32,813,767–32,838,822, reverse strandTAP2: 32,821,833–32,838,802, reverse strandTAP2PSMB8: 32,840,717–32,844,679, reverse strandPSMB8PSMB9: 32,844,136–32,882,881, forward strandPSMB9TAP1: 32,845,204–32,854,026, reverse strandTAP1HLA-DMB: 32,929,338–32,941,490, reverse strandHLA-DMB: 32,937,364–32,953,122, reverse strandHLA-DMA: 32,948,613–32,969,094, reverse strandHLA-DMABRD2: 32,968,564–32,981,505, forward strandBRD2HLA-DOA: 33,004,178–33,009,617, reverse strandHLA-DOAHLA-DPA1: 33,064,569–33,080,781, reverse strandHLA-DPA1HLA-DPB1: 33,073,786–33,091,655, forward strandHLA-DPB1COL11A2: 33,162,681–33,192,802, reverse strandRXRB: 33,193,585–33,200,693, reverse strandRXRBSLC39A7: 33,200,305–33,204,439, forward strandSLC39A7HSD17B8: 33,204,631–33,206,831, forward strandHSD17B8RING1: 33,208,033–33,212,722, forward strandRING1VPS52: 33,250,272–33,272,047, reverse strandVPS52RPS18: 33,272,075–33,276,511, forward strandRPS18B3GALT4: 33,277,123–33,284,832, forward strandB3GALT4WDR46: 33,279,103–33,289,523, reverse strandWDR46PFDN6: 33,288,680–33,298,441, forward strandRGL2: 33,291,180–33,299,534, reverse strandTAPBP: 33,299,694–33,314,284, reverse strandZBTB22: 33,314,406–33,318,021, reverse strandDAXX: 33,318,558–33,323,259, reverse strand: 33,321,386–33,329,286, reverse strandSMIM40: 33,323,628–33,329,279, reverse strandKIFC1: 33,391,429–33,410,441, forward strandKIFC1PHF1: 33,410,360–33,416,453, forward strandPHF1CUTA: 33,416,442–33,418,381, reverse strandCUTASYNGAP1: 33,419,661–33,453,689, forward strandSYNGAP1ZBTB9: 33,453,970–33,457,544, forward strandZBTB9BAK1: 33,568,791–33,580,305, reverse strandBAK1ITPR3: 33,620,331–33,696,575, forward strandITPR3UQCC2: 33,690,635–33,711,748, reverse strandUQCC2IP6K3: 33,721,314–33,750,520, reverse strandIP6K3LEMD2: 33,771,202–33,789,173, reverse strandLEMD2Diagram of RPS18: 6 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 6Exon 1: 33,272,075–33,272,122, 48 basesExon 2: 33,272,628–33,272,726, 99 basesExon 3: 33,275,797–33,275,883, 87 basesExon 4: 33,275,965–33,276,066, 102 basesExon 5: 33,276,176–33,276,267, 92 basesExon 6: 33,276,391–33,276,511, 121 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 0.5 kb of the gene's 4.4 kb; 459 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.). RPS18 gene: ribosomal protein S18. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/rps18

Vancouver

Dante Labs. RPS18 gene: ribosomal protein S18 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/rps18

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