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Gene

RPS20

ribosomal protein S20

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8q12.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 56,073,054–56,074,506 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 1.5 kb
Protein
119 amino acids
Also known as
S20, uS10
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000009589.8NM_001023.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads RPS20 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How RPS20 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where RPS20 sits. RPS20 and 8 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 55,573,780 to 56,573,779.Chromosome 88q12.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.355.6 Mb55.8 Mb56 Mb56.2 Mb56.4 MbTMEM68: 55,696,424–55,773,417, reverse strandTMEM68TGS1: 55,773,065–55,827,247, forward strandTGS1LYN: 55,879,797–56,014,169, forward strandLYNRPS20: 56,073,054–56,074,506, reverse strandRPS20MOS: 56,112,942–56,113,982, reverse strandMOSPLAG1: 56,160,909–56,211,357, reverse strandPLAG1CHCHD7: 56,211,560–56,218,809, forward strandCHCHD7SDR16C5: 56,300,005–56,320,776, reverse strandSDR16C5PENK: 56,436,674–56,448,048, reverse strandPENKDiagram of RPS20: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 8Exon 4: 56,073,054–56,073,272, 219 basesExon 3: 56,073,695–56,073,768, 74 basesExon 2: 56,074,060–56,074,159, 100 basesExon 1: 56,074,381–56,074,506, 126 bases43215′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 1.5 kb; 360 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.). RPS20 gene: ribosomal protein S20. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/rps20

Vancouver

Dante Labs. RPS20 gene: ribosomal protein S20 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/rps20

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