Ribosome

Most genes encoding ribosomal proteins are essential (PubMed) and many ribosomal proteins belong to the small set of universally conserved proteins.

Proteins of the large subunit

• L1
• L2
• L3
• L4
• L5
• L6
• L9
• L10
• L11
• L12
• L13
• L14
• L15
• L16
• L17
• L18
• L19
• L20
• L21
• L22
• L23
• L24
• L27
• L28
• L29
• L30
• L31
• L32
• L33a
• L33b
• L34
• L35
• L36

Proteins of the small subunit

• S2
• S3
• S4
• S5
• S6
• S7
• S8
• S9
• S10
• S11
• S12
• S13
• S14
• S15
• S16
• S17
• S18
• S19
• S20
• S21

Proteins that are part of the ribosome only under specific conditions

• Ctc: present in the large subunit under stress conditions
• RpmGC: replaces L33 under conditions of zinc limitation
• YbxF: L7 family, associated to the ribosome during logarithmic growth
• YhzA: replaces L31 under conditions of zinc limitation
• YtiA: replaces S14 under conditions of zinc limitation

Proteins that are similar to ribosomal proteins

• YfjL
• YlxQ
• YpfD

Related pages

• 5S rRNA
• 16S rRNA
• 23S rRNA
• translation

Important original publications

Additional publications: PubMed

Alex Rosenberg, Lior Sinai, Yoav Smith, Sigal Ben-Yehuda
Dynamic expression of the translational machinery during Bacillus subtilis life cycle at a single cell level.
PLoS One: 2012, 7(7);e41921
[PubMed:22848659] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Reviews on ribosome structure and function

Additional reviews: PubMed