Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
A structural constituent of ribosome. Involved in glucose homeostasis. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle; T cell activation; and ribosome biogenesis. Located in dendrite; perinuclear region of cytoplasm; and ribosome. Part of cytosolic small ribosomal subunit. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; gonad; hemolymphoid system gland; and limb. Orthologous to human RPS6 (ribosomal protein S6).