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

Fabian M Commichau, Nico Pietack, Jörg Stülke
Essential genes in Bacillus subtilis: a re-evaluation after ten years.
Mol Biosyst: 2013, 9(6);1068-75
[PubMed:23420519] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Genki Akanuma, Hideaki Nanamiya, Yousuke Natori, Koichi Yano, Shota Suzuki, Shuya Omata, Morio Ishizuka, Yasuhiko Sekine, Fujio Kawamura
Inactivation of ribosomal protein genes in Bacillus subtilis reveals importance of each ribosomal protein for cell proliferation and cell differentiation.
J Bacteriol: 2012, 194(22);6282-91
[PubMed:23002217] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

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)