Elongation factor Ts, mitochondrial is a
protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including catalysing metabolic reactions, DNA replication, respo ...
that in humans is encoded by the ''TSFM''
gene
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. It is an
EF-Ts
EF-Ts (elongation factor thermo stable) is one of the prokaryotic elongation factors. It is found in human mitochrondria as TSFM. It is similar to eukaryotic EF-1B.
EF-Ts serves as the guanine nucleotide exchange factor for EF-Tu (elongatio ...
homolog.
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