- Concept UI
- M0016221
- Scope Note
- 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.
- Terms
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Peptide Elongation Factor Tu
Preferred Term
Term UI
T030864
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1986)
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EF-Tu
Term UI
T030862
Date09/04/1986
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
UNK (19XX)
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Elongation Factor Tu
Term UI
T030863
Date06/06/1985
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
UNK (19XX)
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Protein Synthesis Elongation Factor Tu
Term UI
T030865
Date06/06/1985
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
UNK (19XX)