UniProt functional annotation for Q5SLP8

UniProt code: Q5SLP8.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC 27634 / DSM 579 / HB8).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: Located on the outer edge of the platform on the body of the 30S subunit.
 
Subunit: Part of the 30S ribosomal subunit. Forms a tight heterodimer with protein S18. May make transient contacts with protein L2 of the 50S subunit during translation.
Mass spectrometry: Mass=11973; Method=MALDI; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:16287167};
Similarity: Belongs to the bacterial ribosomal protein bS6 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.