GFM2

{{Short description|Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens}}

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Ribosome-releasing factor 2, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GFM2 gene.

{{cite journal | vauthors = Hammarsund M, Wilson W, Corcoran M, Merup M, Einhorn S, Grandér D, Sangfelt O | title = Identification and characterization of two novel human mitochondrial elongation factor genes, hEFG2 and hEFG1, phylogenetically conserved through evolution | journal = Human Genetics | volume = 109 | issue = 5 | pages = 542–50 | date = November 2001 | pmid = 11735030 | doi = 10.1007/s00439-001-0610-5 | s2cid = 24508386 }}{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: GFM2 G elongation factor, mitochondrial 2| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/84340}} Unlike the other EF-G homolog GFM1, GFM2 functions as a Ribosome Recycling Factor in termination.{{cite journal | vauthors = Tsuboi M, Morita H, Nozaki Y, Akama K, Ueda T, Ito K, Nierhaus KH, Takeuchi N | title = EF-G2mt is an exclusive recycling factor in mammalian mitochondrial protein synthesis | journal = Molecular Cell | volume = 35 | issue = 4 | pages = 502–10 | date = August 2009 | pmid = 19716793 | doi = 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.06.028 | doi-access = free }}