核糖体是催化蛋白质合成的细胞器，由一个小的40s亚基和一个大的60s亚基组成。这些亚基由4种RNA和大约80种结构上不同的蛋白质组成。这个基因编码一个核糖体蛋白，它是40s亚单位的一个组成部分，是核糖体蛋白s14p家族的一个成员。该蛋白含有一个能与锌结合的C2-C2锌指状结构域，可增强Ras相关蛋白1A（KREV1）的抑癌活性它位于细胞质中。与邻近的正常组织相比，该基因在结直肠癌中的表达是可变的，尽管没有发现表达水平与疾病的严重程度之间的相关性作为编码核糖体蛋白的典型基因，有多个经过处理的假基因散布在基因组中。另外，已经发现该基因编码不同亚型的剪接转录变体[由RefSeq提供，2013年3月]
Ribosomes, the organelles that catalyze protein synthesis, consist of a small 40S subunit and a large 60S subunit. Together these subunits are composed of 4 RNA species and approximately 80 structurally distinct proteins. This gene encodes a ribosomal protein that is a component of the 40S subunit and a member of the S14P family of ribosomal proteins. The protein, which contains a C2-C2 zinc finger-like domain that can bind to zinc, can enhance the tumor suppressor activity of Ras-related protein 1A (KREV1). It is located in the cytoplasm. Variable expression of this gene in colorectal cancers compared to adjacent normal tissues has been observed, although no correlation between the level of expression and the severity of the disease has been found. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2013]