UniProt functional annotation for P62663

UniProt code: P62663.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC BAA-163 / DSM 7039 / HB27).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: Binds the lower part of the 30S subunit head. Binds mRNA in the 70S ribosome, positioning it for translation (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
 
Subunit: Part of the 30S ribosomal subunit. Forms a tight complex with proteins S10 and S14 (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
Similarity: Belongs to the universal ribosomal protein uS3 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.