Anti-EEF2 Antibody Picoband®

Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EEF2 gene. This gene encodes a member of the GTP-binding translation elongation factor family. This protein is an essential factor for protein synthesis. It promotes the GTP-dependent translocation of the nascent protein chain from the A-site to the P-site of the ribosome. This protein is completely inactivated by EF-2 kinase phosporylation.

Protein argonaute-1; Argonaute1; hAgo1; Argonaute RISC catalytic component 1; Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2C 1; eIF-2C 1; eIF2C 1; Putative RNA-binding protein Q99; AGO1; EIF2C1

Cell Biology, Cell Cycle, Cell Division, Cytokinesis, DNA/RNA, Epigenetics and Nuclear Signaling, Nuclear Receptors, Nuclear Signaling Pathways, RNA Processing, Translation

Required for RNA-mediated gene silencing (RNAi) . Binds to short RNAs such as microRNAs (miRNAs) or short interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and represses the translation of mRNAs which are complementary to them. Lacks endonuclease activity and does not appear to cleave target mRNAs. Also required for transcriptional gene silencing (TGS) of promoter regions which are complementary to bound short antigene RNAs (agRNAs) . .

1. Davydova, E., Ho, A. Y. Y., Malecki, J., Moen, A., Enserink, J. M., Jakobsson, M. E., Loenarz, C., Falnes, P. O. Identification and characterization of a novel evolutionarily conserved lysine-specific methyltransferase targeting eukaryotic translation elongation factor 2 (eEF2) . J. Biol. Chem. 289: 30499-30510, 2014. 2. Hekman, K. E., Yu, G.-Y., Brown, C. D., Zhu, H., Du, X., Gervin, K., Undlien, D. E., Peterson, A., Stevanin, G., Clark, H. B., Pulst, S. M., Bird, T. D., White, K. P., Gomez, C. M. A conserved eEF2 coding variant in SCA26 leads to loss of translational fidelity and increased susceptibility to proteostatic insult. Hum. Molec. Genet. 21: 5472-5483, 2012. 3. Kaneda, Y., Hayes, H., Uchida, T., Yoshida, M. C., Okada, Y. Regional assignment of five genes on human chromosome 19. Chromosoma 95: 8-12, 1987.

Store at -20°C for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4°C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20°C for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.