Ribosomes, the cellular structures driving protein synthesis, comprise a small 40S subunit and a large 60S subunit, each containing 4 RNA species and roughly 80 distinct proteins. This gene encodes a ribosomal protein, part of the 60S subunit, functionally equivalent to E. coli's L10 protein and belonging to the L10P family. It's a neutral phosphoprotein with a C-terminal end nearly identical to P1 and P2's, capable of forming a pentameric complex with them. Located in the cytoplasm, this protein has transcript variants due to alternative splicing, encoding the same protein. Like other ribosomal protein genes, it has multiple processed pseudogenes scattered throughout the genome.