UniProt functional annotation for Q9NVS2

UniProt code: Q9NVS2.

Organism: Homo sapiens (Human).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
 
Subunit: Component of the mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit (mt- LSU) (PubMed:28892042, PubMed:25838379, PubMed:25278503). Mature mammalian 55S mitochondrial ribosomes consist of a small (28S) and a large (39S) subunit. The 28S small subunit contains a 12S ribosomal RNA (12S mt-rRNA) and 30 different proteins. The 39S large subunit contains a 16S rRNA (16S mt-rRNA), a copy of mitochondrial valine transfer RNA (mt-tRNA(Val)), which plays an integral structural role, and 52 different proteins. mL66 forms a zinc-binding site with uL10m. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:25278503, ECO:0000269|PubMed:25838379, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28892042}.
Subcellular location: Mitochondrion {ECO:0000269|PubMed:25278503, ECO:0000269|PubMed:25838379, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28892042}.
Miscellaneous: There are 3 mitochondrial isoforms of bS18 in mammalia, localizing to 3 distinct sites in the mitoribosome. bS18m (bs18c) binds to the same site as bacterial bS18, mS40 (bS18b) binds to a novel location of the 28S small subunit, and mL66 (bS18a, this protein) binds to the 39S large subunit. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:27023846}.
Similarity: Belongs to the bacterial ribosomal protein bS18 family. Mitochondrion-specific ribosomal protein mL66 subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.