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PROSITE documentation PDOC00560
Ribosomal protein L9 signature


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Description

Ribosomal protein L9 is one of the proteins from the large ribosomal subunit. In Escherichia coli, L9 is known to bind directly to the 23S rRNA. It belongs to a family of ribosomal proteins which, on the basis of sequence similarities [1,2], groups:

  • Eubacterial L9.
  • Cyanobacterial L9.
  • Plant chloroplast L9 (nuclear-encoded).
  • Red algal chloroplast L9.

As a signature pattern, we have selected a conserved region, located in the N-terminal section of these proteins.

Last update:

December 2004 / Pattern and text revised.

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Technical section

PROSITE method (with tools and information) covered by this documentation:

RIBOSOMAL_L9, PS00651; Ribosomal protein L9 signature  (PATTERN)


References

1AuthorsHoffman D.W. Davies C. Gerchman S.E. Kycia J.H. Porter S.J. White S.W. Ramakrishnan V.
TitleCrystal structure of prokaryotic ribosomal protein L9: a bi-lobed RNA-binding protein.
SourceEMBO J. 13:205-212(1994).
PubMed ID8306963

2AuthorsOtaka E. Hashimoto T. Mizuta K. Suzuki K.
SourceProtein Seq. Data Anal. 5:301-313(1993).



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