UniProt functional annotation for Q5SLQ1

UniProt code: Q5SLQ1.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC 27634 / DSM 579 / HB8).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: Binds to the 23S rRNA. Extends more that 50 Angstroms beyond the surface of the 70S ribosome.
 
Subunit: Part of the 50S ribosomal subunit.
Mass spectrometry: Mass=16397; Method=MALDI; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:16287167};
Similarity: Belongs to the bacterial ribosomal protein bL9 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.