Peptide Termination Factors
Synonyms
Factor, Termination Release
Factors, Peptide Termination
Release Factor, Termination
Termination Factors, Peptide
Termination Release Factor
Proteins that are involved in the peptide chain termination reaction (PEPTIDE CHAIN TERMINATION, TRANSLATIONAL) on RIBOSOMES. They include codon-specific class-I release factors, which recognize stop signals (TERMINATOR CODON) in the MESSENGER RNA; and codon-nonspecific class-II release factors.