# RPS7

Source: https://onco.cc/targets/rps7/  
OnCo record `rps7` (Target). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)"; commercial use needs a licence.

## TL;DR

RPS7 (Small ribosomal subunit protein eS7) is a gene. The public catalogues list it as a drug target, and clinical evidence ties its variants to diagnosis, prognosis or drug response.

## Summary

Component of the small ribosomal subunit. The ribosome is a large ribonucleoprotein complex responsible for the synthesis of proteins in the cell. Required for rRNA maturation.

Open Targets scores its association with cancer at 0.50 (direct and indirect evidence; datatypes genetic literature 0.76, clinical 0.11, literature 0.90, genetic association 0.04, animal model 0.35).

## Fields

- Kind: Target
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
- Also known as: ribosomal protein S7; Small ribosomal subunit protein eS7; S7; eS7
- Tags: cancer-genes-wave
- Symbol: RPS7
- Class: other
- Biology: Component of the small ribosomal subunit. The ribosome is a large ribonucleoprotein complex responsible for the synthesis of proteins in the cell. Required for rRNA maturation. Part of the small subunit (SSU) processome, first precursor of the small eukaryotic ribosomal subunit. During the assembly of the SSU processome in the nucleolus, many ribosome biogenesis factors, an RNA chaperone and ribosomal proteins associate with the nascent pre-rRNA and work in concert to generate RNA folding, modifications, rearrangements and cleavage as well as targeted degradation of pre-ribosomal RNA by the RNA exosome. Location: Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, microtubule organizing center, centrosome; Cytoplasm; Nucleus, nucleolus (UniProt). Locus 2p25.3 (HGNC).

## Notes

- Written by scripts/fetch-cancer-genes.ts from CIViC, Open Targets, IntOGen, HGNC and UniProt; the function text is UniProt's, condensed and in UK spelling. Roles: Open Targets known-drug datatype score 0.11. Evidence tier "clinical-evidence" is the strongest of those signals.
- Prevalence not recorded: none of the sources gives a positivity rate.

## Sources

- HGNC HGNC:10440: https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:10440
- UniProt P62081: https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/P62081/entry
- NCBI Gene 6201: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/6201
- Ensembl ENSG00000171863: https://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Gene/Summary?g=ENSG00000171863

## Connected records

- collections: [Open Targets Platform](https://onco.cc/collections/open-targets/)

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