EIF2B2
Sign in to saveAlso known as EIF-2Bbeta, EIF2B, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B subunit beta, EIF2Bbeta
Translation initiation factor eIF-2B subunit beta is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EIF2B2 gene.
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Gene data
EIF2B2- Name
- eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B subunit beta
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 75,002,889–75,013,117 (+)
- Aliases
- EIF-2Bbeta, EIF2B, EIF2Bbeta, VWM2
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000119718
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_014239.4
- RefSeq protein
- NP_055054.1
This gene encodes the beta subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor-2B (EIF2B). EIF2B is involved in protein synthesis and exchanges GDP and GTP for its activation and deactivation. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011].
Gene Ontology
Biological process
Molecular function
Pathways
via MyGene.info
Gene · Ensembl
eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B subunit beta
- Symbol
- EIF2B2
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 14:75,002,889-75,013,117
- Strand
- Forward (+)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- gene
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- HomoloGene ID
- 6507
- genomic end
- 75012366
- found in taxon
- Homo sapiens
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/8892
- genomic start
- 75002921
- chromosome
- human chromosome 14
- cytogenetic location
- 14q24.3
- genetic association
- leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Function
- Interactions
- References
- Further reading
Translation initiation factor eIF-2B subunit beta is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EIF2B2 gene.
== Function ==
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