UniProt functional annotation for P0CI78

UniProt code: P0CI78.

Organism: Bacillus subtilis (strain 168).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Bacillales; Bacillaceae; Bacillus.
 
Function: One of two assembly initiator proteins, it binds directly to the 5'-end of the 23S rRNA, where it nucleates assembly of the 50S subunit. {ECO:0000250}.
 
Function: One of the proteins that surrounds the polypeptide exit tunnel on the outside of the subunit. {ECO:0000250}.
 
Function: Has also been isolated as a basic, heat-shock stable DNA- binding protein from the B.subtilis nucleoid. It binds cooperatively to double-stranded supercoiled DNA which it further compacts into complexes 15-17 nm in diameter. Overexpression of the protein disrupts nucleoid segregation and positioning.
 
Subunit: Part of the 50S ribosomal subunit. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:30126986}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11278078}. Cytoplasm, nucleoid {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11278078}. Note=Is located predominantly at the nucleoid poles during exponential phase, while in stationary phase the protein is more evenly distributed in the whole cell.
Similarity: Belongs to the universal ribosomal protein uL24 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.