pfam11987: IF-2 (this model, PSSM-Id:288813 is obsolete and has been replaced by 463421)
Translation-initiation factor 2
IF-2 is a translation initiator in each of the three main phylogenetic domains (Eukaryotes, Bacteria and Archaea). IF2 interacts with formylmethionine-tRNA, GTP, IF1, IF3 and both ribosomal subunits. Through these interactions, IF2 promotes the binding of the initiator tRNA to the A site in the smaller ribosomal subunit and catalyzes the hydrolysis of GTP following initiation-complex formation.