EEF2

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Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EEF2 gene.[1][2][3]

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.[3]

EEF2 contains a post transcriptionally modified histadine diphthamide. It is the target of diphtheria toxin (from Corynebacterium diphtheriae), and exotoxin A (from Pseudomonas aeruginosa).[4] 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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  1. ↑ Rapp G, Klaudiny J, Hagendorff G, Luck MR, Scheit KH (Mar 1990). "Complete sequence of the coding region of human elongation factor 2 (EF-2) by enzymatic amplification of cDNA from human ovarian granulosa cells". Biol Chem Hoppe-Seyler. 370 (10): 1071–5. doi:10.1515/bchm3.1989.370.2.1071. PMID 2610926.
  2. ↑ Kaneda Y, Yoshida MC, Kohno K, Uchida T, Okada Y (Jul 1984). "Chromosomal assignment of the gene for human elongation factor 2". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 81 (10): 3158–62. doi:10.1073/pnas.81.10.3158. PMC 345240. PMID 6427766.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: EEF2 eukaryotic translation elongation factor 2".
  4. ↑ Jørgensen R, Merrill AR, Andersen GR (February 2006). "The life and death of translation elongation factor 2". Biochem. Soc. Trans. 34 (Pt 1): 1–6. doi:10.1042/BST20060001. PMID 16246167.

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