Yl. Chan et al., THE PRIMARY STRUCTURES OF RAT RIBOSOMAL-PROTEINS L4 AND L41, Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 214(3), 1995, pp. 810-818
The amino acid sequences of the rat 60S ribosomal subunit proteins L4
and L41 were deduced from the sequences of nucleotides in recombinant
cDNAs. Ribosomal protein L4 has 421 amino acids; the molecular weight
is 47,280. L41 is the smallest ribosomal protein; it has 25 amino acid
s and a molecular weight of 3,454. Hybridization of the cDNAs to diges
ts of nuclear DNA suggests that there are 7 to 8 copies of the L4, and
9 to 12 of the L41, genes. The mRNA for L4 is about 1,500 nucleotides
in length and that for L41 about 500 nucleotides. The 5' noncoding se
quence of the L4 cDNA is exceptional in that it has, in addition to a
short polypyrimidine sequence at the 5' end, a second stretch of 15 co
nsecutive pyrimidines near the site of initiation of translation. The
3' noncoding sequence of the L41 mRNA is unusual in that it is at leas
t 246 nucleotides long. Rat L4 and L41 are related to ribosomal protei
ns from other eukaryotes. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.