Elongation factor Tu

Details

Name
Elongation factor Tu
Kind
protein
Synonyms
  • EF-Tu
  • tufA
Gene Name
tuf
UniProtKB Entry
Q01698Swiss-Prot
Organism
Thermus aquaticus
NCBI Taxonomy ID
271
Amino acid sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0012288|Elongation factor Tu
MAKGEFIRTKPHVNVGTIGHVDHGKTTLTAALTYVAAAENPNVEVKDYGDIDKAPEERAR
GITINTAHVEYETAKRHYSHVDCPGHADYIKNMITGAAQMDGAILVVSAADGPMPQTREH
ILLARQVGVPYIVVFMNKVDMVDDPELLDLVEMEVRDLLNQYEFPGDEVPVIRGSALLAL
EEMHKNPKTKRGENEWVDKIWELLDAIDEYIPTPVRDVDKPFLMPVEDVFTITGRGTVAT
GRIERGKVKVGDEVEIVGLAPETRKTVVTGVEMHRKTLQEGIAGDNVGLLLRGVSREEVE
RGQVLAKPGSITPHTKFEASVYILKKEEGGRHTGFFTGYRPQFYFRTTDVTGVVRLPQGV
EMVMPGDNVTFTVELIKPVALEEGLRFAIREGGRTVGAGVVTKILE
Number of residues
406
Molecular Weight
44814.085
Theoretical pI
5.36
GO Classification
Functions
GTP binding / GTPase activity / translation elongation factor activity
Components
cytoplasm
General Function
This protein promotes the GTP-dependent binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the A-site of ribosomes during protein biosynthesis.
Specific Function
GTP binding
Pfam Domain Function
Signal Regions
Not Available
Transmembrane Regions
Not Available
Cellular Location
Cytoplasm
Gene sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0006394|1221 bp
ATGGCGAAGGGCGAGTTTATCCGGACGAAGCCCCACGTGAACGTGGGGACGATTGGGCAC
GTGGACCACGGGAAGACGACGTTGACGGCGGCCTTGACCTATGTGGCGGCGGCGGAGAAC
CCGAATGTGGAGGTGAAGGACTACGGGGACATTGACAAGGCGCCGGAGGAGCGGGCGCGG
GGGATCACGATTAACACGGCGCACGTGGAGTACGAGACGGCGAAGCGGCACTATTCCCAC
GTGGACTGCCCGGGGCACGCCGACTACATCAAGAACATGATCACCGGGGCGGCGCAGATG
GACGGGGCGATCCTGGTGGTTTCTGCGGCGGACGGTCCTATGCCGCAGACCCGGGAGCAC
ATTCTTTTGGCCCGCCAGGTGGGGGTGCCGTACATCGTGGTGTTCATGAACAAGGTGGAC
ATGGTGGACGACCCGGAGCTCTTGGACCTGGTGGAGATGGAGGTGAGGGACCTCCTGAAC
CAGTACGAGTTTCCTGGGGACGAGGTGCCGGTGATCCGGGGTAGCGCCCTGCTTGCGTTG
GAAGAGATGCACAAGAACCCGAAGACCAAGCGGGGCGAGAACGAGTGGGTGGACAAGATC
TGGGAGCTTTTGGACGCCATTGACGAGTACATTCCCACGCCGGTGCGGGACGTGGACAAG
CCTTTCCTGATGCCGGTGGAGGACGTGTTTACGATTACCGGGCGTGGGACGGTGGCCACC
GGGCGGATTGAGCGGGGCAAGGTGAAGGTTGGGGACGAGGTGGAGATCGTGGGCCTGGCT
CCGGAGACGCGGAAGACGGTGGTCACGGGTGTGGAGATGCACCGGAAGACGTTGCAGGAG
GGGATCGCTGGGGACAACGTGGGTCTTCTTCTGCGGGGCGTGAGCCGGGAGGAGGTGGAG
CGGGGGCAGGTATTGGCCAAGCCTGGGAGCATCACGCCGCACACCAAGTTTGAGGCCTCG
GTGTACATCCTGAAGAAGGAGGAGGGCGGGCGGCACACGGGGTTTTTCACGGGGTACCGG
CCGCAGTTTTACTTCCGGACGACGGACGTGACGGGGGTGGTGCGGTTGCCCCAGGGGGTG
GAGATGGTGATGCCTGGGGACAACGTGACCTTCACGGTGGAGCTCATCAAGCCGGTGGCG
CTGGAGGAGGGTTTGCGGTTTGCCATCCGGGAGGGTGGGCGGACCGTGGGCGCCGGCGTG
GTCACCAAGATCCTGGAGTGA
Chromosome Location
Not Available
Locus
Not Available
External Identifiers
ResourceLink
UniProtKB IDQ01698
UniProtKB Entry NameEFTU_THEAQ
GenBank Gene IDX66322
PDB ID(s)1B23, 1EFT, 1H1U, 1IPM, 1IPO, 1IPQ, 1IPR, 1IPU, 1L1U, 1MJ1, 1OB5, 1TTT, 1TUI
General References
  1. Voss RH, Hartmann RK, Lippmann C, Alexander C, Jahn O, Erdmann VA: Sequence of the tufA gene encoding elongation factor EF-Tu from Thermus aquaticus and overproduction of the protein in Escherichia coli. Eur J Biochem. 1992 Aug 1;207(3):839-46. [Article]
  2. Kjeldgaard M, Nissen P, Thirup S, Nyborg J: The crystal structure of elongation factor EF-Tu from Thermus aquaticus in the GTP conformation. Structure. 1993 Sep 15;1(1):35-50. [Article]
  3. Nissen P, Kjeldgaard M, Thirup S, Polekhina G, Reshetnikova L, Clark BF, Nyborg J: Crystal structure of the ternary complex of Phe-tRNAPhe, EF-Tu, and a GTP analog. Science. 1995 Dec 1;270(5241):1464-72. [Article]
  4. Polekhina G, Thirup S, Kjeldgaard M, Nissen P, Lippmann C, Nyborg J: Helix unwinding in the effector region of elongation factor EF-Tu-GDP. Structure. 1996 Oct 15;4(10):1141-51. [Article]

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