ine ▁resid ue ▁is ▁post - trans lation ally ▁removed . ▁The ▁protein ▁can ▁bind ▁specifically ▁to ▁Ep stein – B arr ▁virus - encoded ▁small ▁R N As ▁( E BER s ) ▁ 1 ▁and ▁ 2 . ▁The ▁mouse ▁protein ▁has ▁been ▁shown ▁to ▁be ▁capable ▁of ▁binding ▁to ▁he par in . ▁Trans cript ▁variants ▁util izing ▁alternative ▁poly A ▁signals ▁exist . ▁As ▁is ▁typical ▁for ▁gen es ▁encoding ▁rib os om al ▁prote ins , ▁there ▁are ▁multiple ▁processed ▁pseud ogen es ▁of ▁this ▁gene ▁dispers ed ▁through ▁the ▁gen ome . ▁It ▁was ▁previously ▁thought ▁that ▁this ▁gene ▁mapped ▁to ▁ 3 q 2 6 ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁f used ▁to ▁the ▁ac ute ▁my el oid ▁le uk emia ▁ 1 ▁( AML 1 ) ▁gene ▁located ▁at ▁ 2 1 q 2 2 ▁in ▁some ▁ther apy - related ▁my el od ys pl astic ▁synd rome ▁patients ▁with ▁ 3 ; 2 1 ▁trans loc ations ; ▁however , ▁these ▁fus ions ▁actually ▁involve ▁a ▁rib os om al ▁protein ▁L 2 2 ▁pseud ogene ▁located ▁at ▁ 3 q 2 6 , ▁and ▁this ▁gene ▁actually ▁maps ▁to ▁ 1 p 3 6 . 3 - p 3 6 . 2 . ▁ ▁In sect s ▁▁ ▁The ▁gene ▁may ▁play ▁a ▁role ▁in ▁In sect ▁to x icity ▁resistance . ▁In ▁c ule x ▁mos qu itos , ▁it ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁several ▁rib os om al ▁prote ins ▁which