UniProt functional annotation for Q72HB8

UniProt code: Q72HB8.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC BAA-163 / DSM 7039 / HB27).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: Peptide chain release factor 1 directs the termination of translation in response to the peptide chain termination codons UAG and UAA. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00093}.
 
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00093}.
Ptm: Methylated by PrmC. Methylation increases the termination efficiency of RF1. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00093}.
Similarity: Belongs to the prokaryotic/mitochondrial release factor family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00093}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.