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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Ribosomal Proteins > Peptide Elongation Factors > GTP Phosphohydrolase-Linked Elongation Factors > Peptide Elongation Factor 2
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Carrier Proteins > GTP-Binding Proteins > GTP Phosphohydrolase-Linked Elongation Factors > Peptide Elongation Factor 2
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > GTP-Binding Proteins > GTP Phosphohydrolase-Linked Elongation Factors > Peptide Elongation Factor 2
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > GTP-Binding Proteins > GTP Phosphohydrolase-Linked Elongation Factors > Peptide Elongation Factor 2
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Acid Anhydride Hydrolases > GTP Phosphohydrolases > GTP-Binding Proteins > GTP Phosphohydrolase-Linked Elongation Factors > Peptide Elongation Factor 2

Preferred term

Peptide Elongation Factor 2  

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Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cytoplasmic Elongation Factor 2
  • EF 2
  • EF-2
  • Elongation Factor 2
  • NSP 100
  • NSP100

Scope note

  • Peptide Elongation Factor 2 catalyzes the translocation of peptidyl-tRNA from the A site to the P site of eukaryotic ribosomes by a process linked to the hydrolysis of GTP to GDP.

History note

  • 2000; for ELONGATION FACTOR 2 use PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 2 (NM) 1980-1999

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