Protein component of the small (40S) ribosomal subunit; homologous to mammalian ribosomal protein S21, no bacterial homolog; RPS21A has a paralog, RPS21B, that arose from the whole genome duplication
Status
Confidence
Length
586 bases
Strand
Plus strand
Position
XI : 551657 - 552242
RNA binding domain
Ribosomal_S21e
Summary
A structural constituent of ribosome. Involved in endonucleolytic cleavage in ITS1 to separate SSU-rRNA from 5.8S rRNA and LSU-rRNA from tricistronic rRNA transcript (SSU-rRNA, 5.8S rRNA, LSU-rRNA) and endonucleolytic cleavage to generate mature 3'-end of SSU-rRNA from (SSU-rRNA, 5.8S rRNA, LSU-rRNA). Part of cytosolic small ribosomal subunit. Orthologous to human RPS21 (ribosomal protein S21). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]
involved_in endonucleolytic cleavage in ITS1 to separate SSU-rRNA from 5.8S rRNA and LSU-rRNA from tricistronic rRNA transcript (SSU-rRNA, 5.8S rRNA, LSU-rRNA)
2
IBA,IMP
Saccharomyces_cerevisiae(559292)
Process
GO:0000461
involved_in endonucleolytic cleavage to generate mature 3-end of SSU-rRNA from (SSU-rRNA, 5.8S rRNA, LSU-rRNA)