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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D010444
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D010444
Preferred Name

Peptide Elongation Factor Tu

Definitions
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.
Synonyms
Protein Synthesis Elongation Factor Tu
Eucaryotic Elongation Factor Tu
Elongation Factor Tu
eEF-Tu
EF-Tu
EF Tu
Factor Tu, Elongation
eEF Tu
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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