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Peptide Elongation Factor Tu  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A protein found in bacteria and eukaryotic mitochondria which delivers aminoacyl-tRNA's to the A site of the ribosome. The aminoacyl-tRNA is first bound to a complex of elongation factor Tu containing a molecule of bound GTP. The resulting complex is then bound to the 70S initiation complex. Simultaneously the GTP is hydrolyzed and a Tu-GDP complex is released from the 70S ribosome. The Tu-GTP complex is regenerated from the Tu-GDP complex by the Ts elongation factor and GTP.

Entry terms

  • EF-Tu
  • Elongation Factor Tu
  • Protein Synthesis Elongation Factor Tu

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-M27ZD63Q-3

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