UniProt functional annotation for Q72I11

UniProt code: Q72I11.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC BAA-163 / DSM 7039 / HB27).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: Binds 23S rRNA and is also seen to make contacts with the A and possibly P site tRNAs. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01342}.
 
Subunit: Part of the 50S ribosomal subunit. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_01342}.
Similarity: Belongs to the universal ribosomal protein uL16 family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01342}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.