UniProt functional annotation for Q8U013

UniProt code: Q8U013.

Organism: Pyrococcus furiosus (strain ATCC 43587 / DSM 3638 / JCM 8422 / Vc1).
Taxonomy: Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Thermococci; Thermococcales; Thermococcaceae; Pyrococcus.
 
Function: Binds 16S rRNA, required for the assembly of 30S particles. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01364}.
 
Cofactor: Name=Zn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29105; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01364}; Note=Binds 1 zinc ion per subunit. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01364};
Subunit: Part of the 30S ribosomal subunit. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_01364, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23222135}.
Similarity: Belongs to the universal ribosomal protein uS14 family. Zinc-binding uS14 subfamily. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01364}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.