EIF2S2

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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2, subunit 2 beta, 38kDa
Identifiers
SymbolsEIF2S2; EIF2; EIF2B; EIF2beta; PPP1R67; eIF-2-beta
External IDsOMIM: 603908 MGI: 1914454 HomoloGene: 2904 GeneCards: EIF2S2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez889467204
EnsemblENSG00000125977ENSMUSG00000074656
UniProtP20042Q99L45
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_003908NM_026030
RefSeq (protein)NP_003899NP_080306
Location (UCSC)Chr 20:
32.68 – 32.7 Mb
Chr 2:
154.87 – 154.89 Mb
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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 subunit 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EIF2S2 gene.[1][1][2]

Function

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (EIF-2) functions in the early steps of protein synthesis by forming a ternary complex with GTP and initiator tRNA and binding to a 40S ribosomal subunit. EIF-2 is composed of three subunits, alpha, beta (this article), and gamma, with the protein encoded by this gene representing the beta subunit. The beta subunit catalyzes the exchange of GDP for GTP, which recycles the EIF-2 complex for another round of initiation.[2]

Regulation

Both eIF2-alpha and eIF2-beta expression is regulated by the NRF1 transcription factor.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pathak VK, Nielsen PJ, Trachsel H, Hershey JW (Sep 1988). "Structure of the beta subunit of translational initiation factor eIF-2". Cell 54 (5): 633–9. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(88)80007-2. PMID 3044606. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: EIF2S2 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2, subunit 2 beta, 38kDa". 
  3. Chiorini JA, Miyamoto S, Harkin SJ, Safer B (February 1999). "Genomic cloning and characterization of the human eukaryotic initiation factor-2beta promoter". J. Biol. Chem. 274 (7): 4195–201. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.7.4195. PMID 9933616. 

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