| RF-PH | release factor-peptidyl hydrolase |
| LUCA | Last Universal Common Ancestor |
| AA | amino acylated |
| bRF-PH | bacterial release factor-peptidyl hydrolase |
| aeRF-1 | archaeo-eukaryotic release factor |
| RQC | ribosome quality control |
| ZnR | zinc ribbon |
| VLRF-1 | Vms1-like archaeo-eukaryotic release factor |
| aVLRF-1 | archaeal Vms1-like archaeo-eukaryotic release factor |
| eVLRF-1 | eukaryotic Vms1-like archaeo-eukaryotic release factor |
| acVLRF-1 | actinobacterial/chloroflexi Vms1-like archaeo-eukaryotic release factor |
| bVLRF-1 | bacteroidetes Vms1-like archaeo-eukaryotic release factor |
| baeRF-1 | bacterial archaeo-eukaryotic release factor |
| VTC | Vms1 treble clef |
| SBDS | Shwachman-Bodian-Diamond syndrome |
| PSU | pseudouridine |
| PSYN | pseudouridine synthase |
| NTase | nucleotidyltransferase |
| Pth | peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase |
| aatRs | aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases |