Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
A structural constituent of ribosome. Acts upstream of or within neural crest cell differentiation and neural tube closure. Part of cytosolic small ribosomal subunit. Is active in synapse. Is expressed in brain; cerebral cortex ventricular layer; cortical plate; and pancreas epithelium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Diamond-Blackfan anemia 8. Orthologous to human RPS7 (ribosomal protein S7).