Description_x000D_ General description_x000D_ Termination of protein biosynthesis and release of the nascent polypeptide chain are signaled by the presence of an in-frame stop codon at the aminoacyl site of the ribosome. The process of translation termination is universal and is mediated by protein release factors (RFs) and GTP. A class 1 RF recognizes the stop codon and promotes the hydrolysis of the ester bond linking the polypeptide chain with the peptidyl site tRNA, a reaction catalyzed at the peptidyl transferase center of the ribosome. Class 2 RFs, which are not codon specific and do not recognize codons, stimulate class 1 RF activity and confer GTP dependency upon the process. In prokaryotes, both class 1 RFs, RF1 and RF2, recognize UAA; however, UAG and UGA are decoded specifically by RF1 and RF2, respectively. In eukaryotes, eRF1, or ETF1, the functional counterpart of RF1 and RF2, functions as an omnipotent RF, decoding all 3 stop codons (Frolova et al., 1994 [PubMed 7990965]).[supplied by OMIM_x000D_ Immunogen_x000D_ ETF1 (NP_004721.1, 338 a.a. ~ 437 a.a) partial recombinant protein with GST tag. MW of the GST tag alone is 26 KDa._x000D_ Sequence_x000D_ TEEEKILYLTPEQEKDKSHFTDKETGQEHELIESMPLLEWFANNYKKFGATLEIVTDKSQEGSQFVKGFGGIGGILRYRVDFQGMEYQGGDDEFFDLDDY_x000D_ Physical form_x000D_ Solution in phosphate buffered saline, pH 7.4