Predicted to be a structural constituent of ribosome. Predicted to be involved in cytoplasmic translation. Predicted to be located in ribosome. Predicted to be part of cytosolic small ribosomal subunit. Is expressed in several structures, including Malpighian tubule primordium; adult head; adult heart; embryonic/larval midgut primordium; and gut section. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Diamond-Blackfan anemia 20. Orthologous to human RPS15A (ribosomal protein S15a).