UniProt functional annotation for P62669

UniProt code: P62669.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC BAA-163 / DSM 7039 / HB27).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: Part of the top of the head of the 30S subunit. The C- terminal region penetrates the head emerging in the P-site where it contacts tRNA (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
 
Subunit: Part of the 30S ribosomal subunit. Contacts proteins S7 and S10 (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
Similarity: Belongs to the universal ribosomal protein uS9 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.