Anti-EEF2 Picoband® Antibody (monoclonal, 5F5)

Eukaryotic elongation factor 2is aproteinthat in humans is encoded by theEEF2gene. 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.

Widely expressed in fetal and adult tissues, including throughout the fetal and adult brains and whole blood. Expression is higher in the adult brain than in the fetal brain.

Amino Acid Metabolism, Amino Acids, Cancer, Cell Biology, Metabolic Signaling Pathways, Metabolism, Nucleotide Metabolism, Pathways and Processes, Signal Transduction

Key enzyme in folate metabolism. Contributes to the de novo mitochondrial thymidylate biosynthesis pathway. Catalyzes an essential reaction for de novo glycine and purine synthesis, and for DNA precursor synthesis. Binds its own mRNA and that of DHFR2.

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.

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.