Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 3, 2026

Identification of Functional Protein Regions Through Chimeric Protein Construction
Published on: January 8, 2019
The primary structure of chicken ribosomal protein L5
N Kenmochi1, N Maeda, T Tanaka
1Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.
Abstract:
The nucleotide sequence of a cDNA for chicken ribosomal protein L5, which is considered to associate with 5S rRNA, was determined. The cDNA is 975 bp long. The deduced protein has 297 amino acids and has a molecular mass of 34,090 Da. A comparative analysis of the amino acid sequences of chicken L5 and its homologous proteins revealed an extremely conserved region which contains a cluster of basic amino acids.
Related Concept Videos
Protein Organization
Protein and Protein Structure
A protein's shape is critical to its function. For example, an enzyme can...
Protein Organization
Protein Organization
The primary structure of a protein is its amino acid sequence.
Ribosomes
Ribosome Structure and Assembly
Ribosomes are composed of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and proteins. In eukaryotes, rRNA is transcribed from genes in the nucleolus—a part of the nucleus that specializes in ribosome production. Within...
Protein Organization
The primary structure of a protein is its amino acid sequence.

