Ribosomal protein L8 (RPL8) is one of the 34 proteins which belong to the large 50S subunit of the prokaryotic ribosome or to the ca. 49 proteins in the large 60S subunit of the eukaryotic ribosome. It is known to bind to the 5S RRNA from the large subunit. It is located in the aminoacyl-tRNA binding site of the peptidyltransferase center[1]. In the archaea like in Haloarcula marismortui the L8 is called L8P (RPL8P).

Ribosomal protein L8 (PDB code 4v7h)

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  1. Jakovljevic J, Ohmayer U, Gamalinda M, Talkish J, Alexander L, Linnemann J, Milkereit P, Woolford JL Jr. Ribosomal proteins L7 and L8 function in concert with six A(3) assembly factors to propagate assembly of domains I and II of 25S rRNA in yeast 60S ribosomal subunits. RNA. 2012 Oct;18(10):1805-22. doi: 10.1261/rna.032540.112. Epub 2012 Aug 14. PMID:22893726 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1261/rna.032540.112

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