UniProt functional annotation for Q72I20

UniProt code: Q72I20.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC BAA-163 / DSM 7039 / HB27).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: This is one of the proteins that binds and probably mediates the attachment of the 5S RNA into the large ribosomal subunit, where it forms part of the central protuberance. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_01337}.
 
Subunit: Part of the 50S ribosomal subunit; part of the 5S rRNA/L5/L18/L25 subcomplex. Contacts the 5S and 23S rRNAs. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01337}.
Similarity: Belongs to the universal ribosomal protein uL18 family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01337}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.