UniProt functional annotation for P62668

UniProt code: P62668.

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 directly to 16S rRNA central domain where it helps coordinate assembly of the platform of the 30S subunit. {ECO:0000250}.
 
Subunit: Part of the 30S ribosomal subunit. Contacts proteins S5 and S12 (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
Similarity: Belongs to the universal ribosomal protein uS8 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.