UniProt functional annotation for Q72GJ6

UniProt code: Q72GJ6.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC BAA-163 / DSM 7039 / HB27).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: Peptide chain release factor 2 directs the termination of translation in response to the peptide chain termination codons UGA and UAA. {ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00094}.
 
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00094}.
Ptm: Methylated by PrmC. Methylation increases the termination efficiency of RF2. {ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00094}.
Similarity: Belongs to the prokaryotic/mitochondrial release factor family. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00010835, ECO:0000256|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00094}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.