核糖體是催化蛋白質合成的細胞器，由一個小的40s亞基和一個大的60s亞基組成。這些亞基由4種RNA和大約80種結構上不同的蛋白質組成。這個基因編碼一個核糖體蛋白，它是60s亞單位的一個組成部分。該蛋白屬于核糖體蛋白L5P家族它位于細胞質中。這種蛋白質可能與5srrna有關。另外，已經發現該基因編碼不同亞型的剪接轉錄變體作為編碼核糖體蛋白的典型基因，有多個經過處理的假基因散布在基因組中。
Ribosomes, the organelles that catalyze protein synthesis, consist of a small 40S subunit and a large 60S subunit. Together these subunits are composed of 4 RNA species and approximately 80 structurally distinct proteins. This gene encodes a ribosomal protein that is a component of the 60S subunit. The protein belongs to the L5P family of ribosomal proteins. It is located in the cytoplasm. The protein probably associates with the 5S rRNA. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome.