Alternative ribosome-rescue factor A

Protein

Alternative ribosome-rescue factor A (ArfA, YhdL) also known as peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase, is a protein that plays a role in rescuing of stalled ribosomes.^[1] It recruits RF2.^[2]

See also

• ArfB - Alternative ribosome-rescue factor B

References

1. Abo T, Chadani Y (2014). "The fail-safe system to rescue the stalled ribosomes in Escherichia coli". Frontiers in Microbiology. 5: 156. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00156. PMC 3989581. PMID 24782844.
2. Buskirk AR, Green R (March 2017). "Ribosome pausing, arrest and rescue in bacteria and eukaryotes". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 372 (1716): 20160183. doi:10.1098/rstb.2016.0183. PMC 5311927. PMID 28138069.