UniProt functional annotation for P69517

UniProt code: P69517.

Organism: Tomato bushy stunt virus (strain Ja9) (TBSV).
Taxonomy: Viruses; Riboviria; Orthornavirae; Kitrinoviricota; Tolucaviricetes; Tolivirales; Tombusviridae; Procedovirinae; Tombusvirus.
 
Function: Viral suppressor of RNA silencing which binds specifically to silencing RNAs (siRNAs). Acts as a molecular caliper to specifically select siRNAs based on the length of the duplex region of the RNA (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
 
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000250}.
Similarity: Belongs to the tombusvirus protein p19 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.