lmmol · Proteins

Small ribosomal subunit protein bS1

Also known as: JW0894, b0911, rpsA, ssyF

Function

Required for translation of most natural mRNAs except for leaderless mRNA. Binds mRNA upstream of the Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence and helps it bind to the 30S ribosomal subunit; acts as an RNA chaperone to unfold structured mRNA on the ribosome but is not essential for mRNAs with strong SDs and little 5'-UTR structure, thus it may help fine-tune which mRNAs that are translated. Unwinds dsRNA by binding to transiently formed ssRNA regions; binds about 10 nucleotides. Has a preference for polypyrimidine tracts. Negatively autoregulates its own translation.

Classification

Family (Pfam)
PF00575 S1
InterPro
NA-bd_OB-fold, Ribos_protein_bS1-like, Ribosomal_bS1, Ribosomal_protein_S1-like, S1_domain
Functional cluster
Co-Chaperonins & Elongation Factors

Experimental structures · PDB · 69

A predicted model is available from AlphaFold.

Gene Ontology · 12

Drugs targeting this protein · 62

Related proteins · sequence + function similarity

Co-cited proteins · studied together in the literature

Literature · 36 cited papers

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