Predicted to be a structural constituent of ribosome. Predicted to be involved in antimicrobial humoral immune response mediated by antimicrobial peptide; cytoplasmic translation; and defense response to other organism. Predicted to be located in cytosolic ribosome; extracellular space; and polysomal ribosome. Predicted to be part of cytosolic large ribosomal subunit. Orthologous to human RPL39 (ribosomal protein L39). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]