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Facts about Ribosome-releasing factor 2, mitochondrial.
GTP hydrolysis follows the ribosome disassembly and probably occurs on the ribosome large subunit. Not involved in the GTP-dependent ribosomal translocation step during translation elongation.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | GFM2 |
| Uniprot: | Q969S9 |
| Entrez: | 84340 |

| Belongs to: |
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| TRAFAC class translation factor GTPase superfamily |

EFG2MSTP027; Elongation factor G 2, mitochondrial; Elongation factor G2; G elongation factor, mitochondrial 2; mitochondrial; MRRF2; MST027
Mass (kDA):
86.601 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 5q13.3 |
| Sequence: | 5; NC_000005.10 (74721206..74767371, complement) |
Widely expressed.
Mitochondrion.





PMID: 11735030 by Hammarsund M., et al. Identification and characterization of two novel human mitochondrial elongation factor genes, hEFG2 and hEFG1, phylogenetically conserved through evolution.
PMID: 19716793 by Tsuboi M., et al. EF-G2mt is an exclusive recycling factor in mammalian mitochondrial protein synthesis.