EEF2 Antibody – Mouse Monoclonal

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 nascent protein chain from the A-site to the P-site of the ribosome. This protein is completely inactivated by EF-2 kinase phosporylation. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

EEF2: a member of the GTP-binding translation elongation factor family. An essential factor for protein synthesis. Promotes the GTP-dependent translocation of the nascent protein chain from the A-site to the P-site of the ribosome. This protein is completely inactivated by eEF2 kinase phosphorylation. eEF2 kinase is normally dependent on Ca2+ ions and calmodulin. eEF2 kinase can also be activated by PKA in response to elevated cAMP levels, which are generally increased in stress- or starvation-related conditions. A variety of treatments known to raise intracellular Ca2+ or cAMP levels have been shown to result in increased phosphorylation of eEF2, and thus to inhibit peptide-chain elongation.

Protein type: Translation elongation; Translation

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 19p13.3

Cellular Component: polysome; membrane; cytoplasm; plasma membrane; nucleus; cytosol; ribonucleoprotein complex

Molecular Function: GTPase activity; protein binding; GTP binding; protein kinase binding; translation elongation factor activity

Biological Process: cellular protein metabolic process; translational elongation; positive regulation of translation; translation; peptidyl-diphthamide biosynthetic process from peptidyl-histidine; pathogenesis; gene expression; hemopoietic progenitor cell differentiation; post-translational protein modification

Disease: Spinocerebellar Ataxia 26