[5][6] 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 60S subunit.

As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome.

This article on a gene on human chromosome 2 is a stub.