UniProt functional annotation for P62662

UniProt code: P62662.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC BAA-163 / DSM 7039 / HB27).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: Spans the head-body hinge region of the 30S subunit. Is loosely associated with the 30S subunit (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
 
Subunit: Part of the 30S ribosomal subunit. Contacts protein S8 (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
Similarity: Belongs to the universal ribosomal protein uS2 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.