Protein Name eukaryotic translation elongation factor 2
Organism Mus musculus
Gene ID 13629
Gene Symbol

Eef2

UniProt P58252 (EF2_MOUSE)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 77
Total Number of Articles : 58
Description

eukaryotic translation elongation factor 2

Gene Summary

Enables GTPase activity and lncRNA binding activity. Acts upstream of or within hematopoietic progenitor cell differentiation and translational elongation. Located in cytoplasm and ribosome. Is active in synapse. Is expressed in brain; liver; and neocortex. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in glaucoma; spinocerebellar ataxia type 26; and stomach cancer. Orthologous to human EEF2 (eukaryotic translation elongation factor 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

synonyms
  • elongation factor 2
  • Ef-2
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