XB-FEAT-983363

guf1

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nomenclature changes

10.15.2020

Human name has changed for Entrez Gene: 60558. From GUF1 homolog, GTPase to GTP binding elongation factor GUF1

summary from NCBI for human GUF1

This gene encodes a GTPase that triggers back-translocation of the elongating ribosome during mitochondrial protein synthesis. The protein contains a highly conserved C-terminal domain not found in other GTPases that facilitates tRNA binding. The encoded protein is thought to prevent misincorporation of amino acids in stressful, suboptimal conditions. An allelic variant in this gene has been associated with early infantile epileptic encephalopathy-40. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2016]