>TIGR00062 L27 ribosomal protein L27; InterPro: IPR001684 Ribosomes are the particles that catalyse mRNA-directed protein synthesis in all organisms. The codons of the mRNA are exposed on the ribosome to allow tRNA binding. This leads to the incorporation of amino acids into the growing polypeptide chain in accordance with the genetic information. Incoming amino acid monomers enter the ribosomal A site in the form of aminoacyl-tRNAs complexed with elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) and GTP. The growing polypeptide chain, situated in the P site as peptidyl-tRNA, is then transferred to aminoacyl-tRNA and the new peptidyl-tRNA, extended by one residue, is translocated to the P site with the aid the elongation factor G (EF-G) and GTP as the deacylated tRNA is released from the ribosome through one or more exit sites , . About 2/3 of the mass of the ribosome consists of RNA and 1/3 of protein. The proteins are named in accordance with the subunit of the ribosome which they belong to - the small (S1 to S31) and the large (L1 to L44). Usually they decorate the rRNA cores of the subunits. Many of ribosomal proteins, particularly those of the large subunit, are composed of a globular, surfaced-exposed domain with long finger-like projections that extend into the rRNA core to stabilise its structure. Most of the proteins interact with multiple RNA elements, often from different domains. In the large subunit, about 1/3 of the 23S rRNA nucleotides are at least in van der Waal's contact with protein, and L22 interacts with all six domains of the 23S rRNA. Proteins S4 and S7, which initiate assembly of the 16S rRNA, are located at junctions of five and four RNA helices, respectively. In this way proteins serve to organise and stabilise the rRNA tertiary structure. While the crucial activities of decoding and peptide transfer are RNA based, proteins play an active role in functions that may have evolved to streamline the process of protein synthesis. In addition to their function in the ribosome, many ribosomal proteins have some function 'outside' the ribosome , . L27 is a protein from the large (50S) subunit; it is essential for ribosome function, but its exact role is unclear. It belongs to a family of ribosomal proteins, examples of which are found in bacteria, chloroplasts of plants and red algae and the mitochondria of fungi (e.g. MRP7 from yeast mitochondria). The schematic relationship between these groups of proteins is shown below. ; GO: 0003735 structural constituent of ribosome, 0006412 translation, 0005622 intracellular, 0005840 ribosome.

Probab=100.00  E-value=6.8e-37  Score=224.37  Aligned_cols=83  Identities=64%  Similarity=0.920  Sum_probs=80.7

Q ss_pred             CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEECCCEECCCCEEEECCCCEEECCCCEEECCCCEEEECCCCEEEEEEECCCCCCEE
Q ss_conf             96014567606789887425324542781953796899723888937766075686756352256899876368883289
Q gi|254780647|r    1 MAHKKSGGSTQNGRDSAGQRLGLKKSGGQSVIAGNIIIRQRGTRYHPGLNVGLGKDHTIYALVDGHVRFFKKFSKGRAYV   80 (90)
Q Consensus         1 mA~KK~gGStkNgrdS~~krLGvK~~~Gq~V~~G~IivRQRGtk~~PG~nVg~GkD~TLfA~~~G~V~f~~~~~~~r~~V   80 (90)
T Consensus         1 ~A~kk~~GS~~n~rDS~~~RLG~K~~~g~~v~~G~Ii~RQRGTk~~~G~NVg~G~D~tlFA~~~G~V~f~~~g~~~r~~v   80 (83)
T TIGR00062         1 MATKKGVGSTKNGRDSEAKRLGVKKAGGQFVRAGSIIVRQRGTKFYPGENVGLGKDDTLFALSDGVVKFEKKGKKKRKKV   80 (83)
T ss_pred             CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCEECCCEEEEECCCCEEECCCEEECCCCCEEEECCCCEEEEEECCCCCCEEE
T ss_conf             96435778664676553100555115873521560787338865217850003788536651588587634598872077


Q ss_pred             EEE
Q ss_conf             976
Q gi|254780647|r   81 SVI   83 (90)
Q Consensus        81 ~V~   83 (90)
T Consensus        81 ~~~   83 (83)
T TIGR00062        81 SVV   83 (83)
T ss_pred             EEC
T ss_conf             768