Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
A structural constituent of ribosome. Predicted to be involved in negative regulation of apoptotic process; ribosomal small subunit biogenesis; and translation. Predicted to act upstream of or within cell differentiation. Located in cytosol and nucleus. Part of cytosolic small ribosomal subunit. Is active in synapse. Is expressed in embryo and tail. Orthologous to human RPS3A (ribosomal protein S3A).