UniProt functional annotation for P62658

UniProt code: P62658.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC BAA-163 / DSM 7039 / HB27).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: One of the primary rRNA binding proteins, it binds specifically to the 5'-end of 16S ribosomal RNA. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_01345}.
 
Subunit: Part of the 30S ribosomal subunit. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_01345}.
Similarity: Belongs to the universal ribosomal protein uS17 family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01345}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.