CIARC_P056 — Cicer arietinum

Summary

CIARC_P056, also known as RPL16 or rpl16, encodes a protein of the ribosomal uL16 family, with rRNA binding activity and as a structural constituent of the ribosome. This gene is associated with mitochondrial translation and translation, and its product localizes to the mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit and ribosome. In chickpea, RPL16 is associated with the biological process GO:0015979. Studies of related genes in other species link the RPL16 family to mitochondrial translation and ribosomal assembly, though these associations are not yet established in chickpea itself.