Eukaryotic elongation factors

Eukaryotic elongation factors
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Eukaryotic elongation factors are very similar to those in prokaryotes.

Elongation in eukaryotes is carried out with two elongation factors:

eEF-1, whose α and βγ subunits act as counterparts to EF-Tu and EF-Ts, respectively
eEF-2, the counterpart to prokaryotic EF-G

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External links

MeSH Peptide+Elongation+Factor+1
MeSH Peptide+Elongation+Factor+2
nobelprize.org Explaining the function of eukaryotic elongation factors

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v • d • e Protein biosynthesis: translation (prokaryotic, eukaryotic)

Ribosomal proteins	Initiation factor (Prokaryotic, Eukaryotic) - Elongation factor (Prokaryotic, Eukaryotic) - Release factor (Prokaryotic, Eukaryotic) - Ribosomal protein s6

Other concepts	Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase - Reading frame - Start codon - Shine-Dalgarno sequence/Kozak consensus sequence

v • d • e Acid anhydride hydrolases: GTPases/G proteins (EC 3.6.5)

3.6.5.1: Heterotrimeric G protein	G_αs - G_αi (GNAI1, GNAI2, GNAI3) - G_αq/11 (GNAQ, GNA11) - G_α12/13 (GNA12, GNA13) - Transducin (GNAT1, GNAT2)

3.6.5.2: Small GTPase > Ras superfamily	Ras - Rab (Rab27) - Arf (Arf6) - Ran - Rheb - Rho family (RhoA, RhoB, CDC42, Rac1) - Rap

3.6.5.3: Elongation factor	Prokaryotic - Eukaryotic

3.6.5.5-6: Other	Dynamin (is a GTPase, is not a G protein) - Tubulin

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