UniProt functional annotation for Q9RXY1

UniProt code: Q9RXY1.

Organism: Deinococcus radiodurans (strain ATCC 13939 / DSM 20539 / JCM 16871 / LMG 4051 / NBRC 15346 / NCIMB 9279 / R1 / VKM B-1422).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Deinococcales; Deinococcaceae; Deinococcus.
 
Function: This protein is one of the early assembly proteins of the 50S ribosomal subunit (By similarity). Binds to the 23S rRNA. {ECO:0000250}.
 
Subunit: Part of the 50S ribosomal subunit. Contacts proteins L3 and L20. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11677599, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12535524, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12623020, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12665853, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15059283, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15554968}.
Similarity: Belongs to the universal ribosomal protein uL13 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.