It is located in the cytoplasm. Alternative splice variants that encode different protein isoforms have been described, but their existence has not been verified. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome.[7]
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Wool IG, Chan YL, Glück A (1996). "Structure and evolution of mammalian ribosomal proteins". Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 73 (11–12): 933–47. doi:10.1139/o95-101. PMID8722009.
Kostanian IA, Astapova MV, Starovoĭtova EV, Dranitsyna SM, Lipkin VM (Apr 1995). "[A new differentiation factor from culture media of the HL-60 cell line treated with retinoic acid. Isolation and primary structure determination]". Bioorganicheskaia Khimiia. 21 (4): 243–8. PMID7786314.
Sato M, Saeki Y, Tanaka K, Kaneda Y (Mar 1999). "Ribosome-associated protein LBP/p40 binds to S21 protein of 40S ribosome: analysis using a yeast two-hybrid system". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 256 (2): 385–90. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1999.0343. PMID10079194.
Smirnova EV, Rakitina TV, Evtodienko A, Kostanian IA, Lipkin VM (May 2000). "Cloning and characterization of the human ribosomal protein S21 gene [". Bioorganicheskaia Khimiia. 26 (5): 392–6. PMID10900511.
Oh JH, Yang JO, Hahn Y, Kim MR, Byun SS, Jeon YJ, Kim JM, Song KS, Noh SM, Kim S, Yoo HS, Kim YS, Kim NS (Dec 2005). "Transcriptome analysis of human gastric cancer". Mammalian Genome. 16 (12): 942–54. doi:10.1007/s00335-005-0075-2. PMID16341674. S2CID69278.