UniProt functional annotation for Q46455

UniProt code: Q46455.

Organism: Moorella thermoacetica (Clostridium thermoaceticum).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Firmicutes; Clostridia; Thermoanaerobacterales; Thermoanaerobacteraceae; Moorella group; Moorella.
 
Function: Translation factor necessary for the incorporation of selenocysteine into proteins. It probably replaces EF-Tu for the insertion of selenocysteine directed by the UGA codon. SelB binds GTP and GDP.
 
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm.
Similarity: Belongs to the TRAFAC class translation factor GTPase superfamily. Classic translation factor GTPase family. SelB subfamily. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU01059}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.