Crystallographic work has shown that there are no ribosomal proteins close to the reaction site for polypeptide synthesis.
No apparent preferences for particular functional classes were found (apart from the translation class, over-represented because of ribosomal proteins).
This gene encodes a ribosomal protein that is a component of the 40S subunit.
The protein belongs to the L3P family of ribosomal proteins and it is located in the cytoplasm.
Notably in yeast there are no translation factors or ribosomal proteins inside P-bodies.
More surprisingly, this list also includes translation initiation factors and several ribosomal proteins.
As anticipated, this clearly places transcripts for ribosomal proteins as a whole in the high abundance category.
Historically, different nomenclatures have been used for ribosomal proteins.
The protein belongs to the L29P family of ribosomal proteins.
See nuclear import for more about the movement of the ribosomal proteins into the nucleus.