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MTIF2
Introduction
Translation initiation factor IF-2, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MTIF2 gene.[1][2][3]
During the initiation of protein biosynthesis, initiation factor-2 (IF-2) promotes the binding of the initiator tRNA to the small subunit of the ribosome in a GTP-dependent manner. Prokaryotic IF-2 is a single polypeptide, while eukaryotic cytoplasmic IF-2 (eIF-2) is a trimeric protein. Bovine liver mitochondria contain IF-2(mt), an 85-kD monomeric protein that is equivalent to prokaryotic IF-2. The predicted 727-amino acid human protein contains a 29-amino acid presequence. Human IF-2(mt) shares 32 to 38% amino acid sequence identity with yeast IF-2(mt) and several prokaryotic IF-2s, with the greatest degree of conservation in the G domains of the proteins. Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene.[3]
References
References
- ↑ Bonner DS, Wiley JE, Farwell MA (Mar 1999). “Assignment1 of the mitochondrial translational initiation factor 2 gene (MTIF2) to human chromosome 2 bands p16→p14 by in situ hybridization and with somatic cell hybrids”. Cytogenet Cell Genet. 83 (1–2): 80–1. doi:10.1159/000015133. PMID 9925935.
- ↑ Ma L, Spremulli LL (Feb 1995). “Cloning and sequence analysis of the human mitochondrial translational initiation factor 2 cDNA”. J Biol Chem. 270 (4): 1859–65. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.4.1859. PMID 7829522.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “Entrez Gene: MTIF2 mitochondrial translational initiation factor 2”.
Further reading
Further reading
- Maruyama K, Sugano S (1994). “Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides”. Gene. 138 (1–2): 171–4. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8. PMID 8125298.
- Bonaldo MF, Lennon G, Soares MB (1997). “Normalization and subtraction: two approaches to facilitate gene discovery”. Genome Res. 6 (9): 791–806. doi:10.1101/gr.6.9.791. PMID 8889548.
- Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, et al. (1997). “Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5′-end-enriched cDNA library”. Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149.
- Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). “Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences”. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
- Overman RG, Enderle PJ, Farrow JM, et al. (2003). “The human mitochondrial translation initiation factor 2 gene (MTIF2): transcriptional analysis and identification of a pseudogene”. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1628 (3): 195–205. doi:10.1016/s0167-4781(03)00144-1. PMID 12932832.
- Bouwmeester T, Bauch A, Ruffner H, et al. (2004). “A physical and functional map of the human TNF-alpha/NF-kappa B signal transduction pathway”. Nat. Cell Biol. 6 (2): 97–105. doi:10.1038/ncb1086. PMID 14743216.
- Miura E, Kato Y, Matsushima R, et al. (2007). “The Balance between Protein Synthesis and Degradation in Chloroplasts Determines Leaf Variegation in Arabidopsis yellow variegated Mutants”. Plant Cell. 19 (4): 1313–28. doi:10.1105/tpc.106.049270. PMC 1913758. PMID 17416734.