RPS3 — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BvRPS3 (BVRB_4G093650) encodes a ribosomal protein S3, a structural constituent of the ribosome that also binds rRNA and is located in the cytosolic small ribosomal subunit. This sugar beet gene is associated with translation and gene conversion. BvRPS3 has been linked to cytoplasmic male sterility. Studies of related genes in other species, including chloroplastic 30S ribosomal protein S3, connect the family to plastid translation, though these associations are not yet established in sugar beet. The protein contains conserved ribosomal uS3 and KH domains characteristic of prokaryotic-type ribosomal proteins.