UniProt functional annotation for P60624

UniProt code: P60624.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: One of two assembly initiator proteins, it binds directly to the 5'-end of the 23S rRNA, where it nucleates assembly of the 50S subunit. It is not thought to be involved in the functions of the mature 50S subunit in vitro. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:3298242, ECO:0000269|PubMed:357435, ECO:0000269|PubMed:6760192}.
 
Function: One of the proteins that surrounds the polypeptide exit tunnel on the outside of the subunit. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16292303, ECO:0000269|PubMed:357435}.
 
Subunit: Part of the 50S ribosomal subunit (PubMed:391595, PubMed:10094780, PubMed:12809609, PubMed:16272117, PubMed:25310980, PubMed:24844575, PubMed:27934701, PubMed:27906160, PubMed:27906161). Might contact the SecYEG translocation complex when it is docked with the ribosome. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10094780, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12809609, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16272117, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24844575, ECO:0000269|PubMed:25310980, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27906160, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27906161, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27934701, ECO:0000269|PubMed:6222285, ECO:0000305|PubMed:16292303}.
Mass spectrometry: Mass=11186.5; Method=MALDI; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:10094780};
Similarity: Belongs to the universal ribosomal protein uL24 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.