Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
A structural constituent of ribosome. Predicted to be involved in cytoplasmic translation and negative regulation of RNA splicing. Part of cytosolic small ribosomal subunit. Is active in synapse. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Diamond-Blackfan anemia 10. Orthologous to human RPS26 (ribosomal protein S26).