RBP Type	Canonical_RBPs
Diseases	CHIKVSARS-COV-OC43FlavivirusesHIVRVSARS-COV-2DengueZika
Drug	Drug
Main interacting RNAs	rRNA
Moonlighting functions	Metabolic enzyme
Localizations	N.A.
BulkPerturb-seq	N.A.

Ensembl ID	ENSG00000142937	Gene ID	6202	Accession	10441
Symbol	RPS8	Alias	S8;eS8	Full Name	ribosomal protein S8
Status	Confidence	Length	3240 bases	Strand	Plus strand
Position	1 : 44775540 - 44778779	RNA binding domain	Ribosomal_S8e
Summary	Ribosomes, the organelles that catalyze protein synthesis, consist of a small 40S subunit and a large 60S subunit. Together these subunits are composed of 4 RNA species and approximately 80 structurally distinct proteins. This gene encodes a ribosomal protein that is a component of the 40S subunit. The protein belongs to the S8E family of ribosomal proteins. It is located in the cytoplasm. Increased expression of this gene in colorectal tumors and colon polyps compared to matched normal colonic mucosa has been observed. This gene is co-transcribed with the small nucleolar RNA genes U38A, U38B, U39, and U40, which are located in its fourth, fifth, first, and second introns, respectively. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]