EEF2

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EEF2
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases EEF2 , EEF-2, EF-2, EF2, SCA26, eukaryotic translation elongation factor 2, Eukaryotic elongation factor 2
External IDs OMIM: 130610 MGI: 95288 HomoloGene: 134867 GeneCards: EEF2
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001961

NM_007907

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001952

NP_031933

Location (UCSC) Chr 19: 3.98 – 3.99 Mb Chr 10: 81.18 – 81.18 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EEF2 gene. It is the archaeal and eukaryotic counterpart of bacterial EF-G. [5] [6] [7] [8]

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This gene encodes a member of the GTP-binding translation elongation factor family. This protein is an essential factor for protein synthesis. It promotes the GTP-dependent translocation of the ribosome. This protein is completely inactivated by EF-2 kinase phosphorylation. [7]

aEF2/eEF2 found in most archaea and eukaryotes, including humans, contains a post translationally modified histidine diphthamide. [8] It is the target of diphtheria toxin (from Corynebacterium diphtheriae ), and exotoxin A (from Pseudomonas aeruginosa ). [9] The inactivation of EF-2 by toxins inhibits protein production in the host, causing symptoms due to loss of function in affected cells.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000167658 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000034994 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Rapp G, Klaudiny J, Hagendorff G, Luck MR, Scheit KH (October 1989). "Complete sequence of the coding region of human elongation factor 2 (EF-2) by enzymatic amplification of cDNA from human ovarian granulosa cells". Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler. 370 (10): 1071–5. doi:10.1515/bchm3.1989.370.2.1071. PMID   2610926.
  6. Kaneda Y, Yoshida MC, Kohno K, Uchida T, Okada Y (May 1984). "Chromosomal assignment of the gene for human elongation factor 2". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 81 (10): 3158–62. Bibcode:1984PNAS...81.3158K. doi: 10.1073/pnas.81.10.3158 . PMC   345240 . PMID   6427766.
  7. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: EEF2 eukaryotic translation elongation factor 2".
  8. 1 2 Narrowe AB, Spang A, Stairs CW, Caceres EF, Baker BJ, Miller CS, Ettema TJ (September 2018). "Complex Evolutionary History of Translation Elongation Factor 2 and Diphthamide Biosynthesis in Archaea and Parabasalids". Genome Biology and Evolution. 10 (9): 2380–2393. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evy154 . PMC   6143161 . PMID   30060184.
  9. Jørgensen R, Merrill AR, Andersen GR (February 2006). "The life and death of translation elongation factor 2". Biochemical Society Transactions. 34 (Pt 1): 1–6. doi:10.1042/BST20060001. PMID   16246167.

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