UniProt functional annotation for Q8U008

UniProt code: Q8U008.

Organism: Pyrococcus furiosus (strain ATCC 43587 / DSM 3638 / JCM 8422 / Vc1).
Taxonomy: Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Thermococci; Thermococcales; Thermococcaceae; Pyrococcus.
 
Function: One of the primary rRNA binding proteins, it binds specifically to the 5'-end of 16S ribosomal RNA. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_01345}.
 
Subunit: Part of the 30S ribosomal subunit. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_01345, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23222135}.
Similarity: Belongs to the universal ribosomal protein uS17 family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01345}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.