UniProt functional annotation for P24320

UniProt code: P24320.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus.
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: Binds 16S rRNA, required for the assembly of 30S particles and may also be responsible for determining the conformation of the 16S rRNA at the A site. {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. Contacts proteins S3 and S10. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01364}.
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.