Peptide Elongation Factor 2
"Peptide Elongation Factor 2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D020652
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.040.330.300.100.102 D12.776.157.325.150.102 D12.776.835.700.350.102
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Peptide Elongation Factor 2" by people in Profiles.
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Demeshkina N, Hirokawa G, Kaji A, Kaji H. Novel activity of eukaryotic translocase, eEF2: dissociation of the 80S ribosome into subunits with ATP but not with GTP. Nucleic Acids Res. 2007; 35(14):4597-607.
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Riis B, Rattan SI, Palmquist K, Clark BF, Nyg?rd O. Dephosphorylation of the phosphorylated elongation factor-2 in the livers of calorie-restricted and freely-fed rats during ageing. Biochem Mol Biol Int. 1995 Apr; 35(4):855-9.
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Riis B, Rattan SI, Palmquist K, Nilsson A, Nyg?rd O, Clark BF. Elongation factor 2-specific calcium and calmodulin dependent protein kinase III activity in rat livers varies with age and calorie restriction. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1993 May 14; 192(3):1210-6.
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Rattan SI, Ward WF, Glenting M, Svendsen L, Riis B, Clark BF. Dietary calorie restriction does not affect the levels of protein elongation factors in rat livers during ageing. Mech Ageing Dev. 1991 Apr 01; 58(1):85-91.