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Peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase (PTH) is a monomeric protein that cleaves the ester bond linking the nascent peptide and tRNA when peptidyl-tRNA is released prematurely from the ribosome. This ensures the recycling of peptidyl-tRNAs into tRNAs produced through abortion of translation and is essential for cell viability.This group also contains chloroplast RNA splicing 2 (CRS2), which is closely related nuclear-encoded protein required for the splicing of nine group II introns in chloroplasts.