Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables mRNA binding activity. A structural constituent of ribosome. Involved in cellular response to type II interferon and negative regulation of translation. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including lung morphogenesis; macrophage chemotaxis; and response to lipopolysaccharide. Located in cytoplasm. Part of cytosolic large ribosomal subunit. Is active in synapse. Orthologous to human RPL13A (ribosomal protein L13a).