UniProt functional annotation for P62654

UniProt code: P62654.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC BAA-163 / DSM 7039 / HB27).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: Located on the upper part of the platform of the 30S subunit, where it bridges several disparate RNA helices of the 16S rRNA. Forms part of the Shine-Dalgarno cleft in the 70S ribosome (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
 
Subunit: Part of the 30S ribosomal subunit. Interacts with proteins S7 and S18. Binds to the C-terminus of IF-3; however exactly how IF-3 interacts with the 30S subunit is unclear.
Similarity: Belongs to the universal ribosomal protein uS11 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.