UniProt functional annotation for Q72IN1

UniProt code: Q72IN1.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC BAA-163 / DSM 7039 / HB27).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: This protein is one of the early assembly proteins of the 50S ribosomal subunit, although it is not seen to bind rRNA by itself. It is important during the early stages of 50S assembly. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01366}.
 
Subunit: Part of the 50S ribosomal subunit. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_01366}.
Similarity: Belongs to the universal ribosomal protein uL13 family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01366}.
Sequence caution: Sequence=AAS81443.1; Type=Erroneous initiation; Evidence={ECO:0000305};

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.