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GeneQ18032227· pop 6· linked from 6 articles

Also known as COXPD4, EF-TuMT, EFTU, P43, Tu translation elongation factor, mitochondrial

Elongation factor Tu, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TUFM gene. It is an EF-Tu homolog.

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It is catalogued under the topic Genes on human chromosome 16.

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Gene data

TUFM
Name
Tu translation elongation factor, mitochondrial
Type
protein-coding
Aliases
COXPD4, EF-TuMT, EFTU, P43

This gene encodes a protein which participates in protein translation in mitochondria. Mutations in this gene have been associated with combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency resulting in lactic acidosis and fatal encephalopathy. A pseudogene has been identified on chromosome 17. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].

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Tu translation elongation factor, mitochondrial

Symbol
TUFM
Biotype
Protein coding
Organism
Homo sapiens
Location
16:28,841,618-28,846,419
Strand
Reverse (−)
Assembly
GRCh38
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
gene
Image
Protein TUFM PDB 1d2e.png
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HomoloGene ID
2490
found in taxon
Homo sapiens
genomic end
28846348
genomic start
28853732
cytogenetic location
16p11.2
expressed in
granulocyte
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Elongation factor Tu, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TUFM gene. It is an EF-Tu homolog.

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “TUFM” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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