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Ribosomal protein S6

A ribosome is a tiny factory that builds proteins. S6 is one bolt that holds the factory together.

Ribosomal protein S6: its AlphaFold model, drawn in one colour
Picture, in one colour: AlphaFold DB model v6 for UniProt P62753, from Fold Commons' snapshot of 2026-10-22. A prediction, not an experiment.

See it in 3D

Fun fact

A busy cell can run millions of ribosomes at once.

Words to know

NGSS alignment

Structure

Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P62753. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P62753.

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