CIARC_P009 — Cicer arietinum

Summary

CIARC_P009 (RPS4, CaRPS4) on chickpea chromosome NC_011163.1 encodes a protein with ribosomal uS4 domains and is a structural constituent of the ribosome with rRNA-binding and mRNA-binding activities. The gene is associated with translation and ribosomal small subunit biogenesis, and its product localises to the small ribosomal subunit. RPS4 is also associated with chloroplast function (GO:0009507) and the process represented by GO:0015979. Studies of related genes in other species connect the RPS4 family to ribosomal assembly and translation, though these associations are not yet established in chickpea itself.