cDNA encoding the human homologue of rat ribosomal protein L35a

The ribosomal protein L35a was found to bind to both initiator and elongator tRNAs. This is consistent with the proposed arrangement of the protein deduced from cross-linking experiments. In this report we describe the cDNA and the deduced protein sequence of the human L35a gene. By screening a human HeLa cDNA library for Ubiquitin-Carrier-Enzymes, we fortuitously isolated the following clone that encodes the whole L35a protein. This clone is closely related to the rat L35a cDNA sequence and a sequence encoding the Xenopus laevis ribosomal protein L32. They exhibit 91% and 78% identity on DNA level, respectively.