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.

Annotation

coordinate with MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS or BACTERIAL PROTEINS if pertinent

DUI

D010444 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0016221

Previous indexing

Peptides (1966-1972); Proteins (1966-1972); Bacterial Proteins (1966-1972); Peptide Elongation Factors (1973-1985)

History note

86

Public note

86