Predicted to be a structural constituent of ribosome. Predicted to be involved in maturation of SSU-rRNA from tricistronic rRNA transcript (SSU-rRNA, 5.8S rRNA, LSU-rRNA). Part of cytosolic small ribosomal subunit. Orthologous to human RPS8 (ribosomal protein S8). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]