cd03702

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 02/12/2015 - 13:46
CD Accession: 
cd03702
CD Definition: 
This family represents the domain II of bacterial Initiation Factor 2 (IF2) and its eukaryotic mitochondrial homologue mtIF2. IF2, the largest initiation factor is an essential GTP binding protein. In E. coli three natural forms of IF2 exist in the cell, IF2alpha, IF2beta1, and IF2beta2. Bacterial IF-2 is structurally and functionally related to eukaryotic mitochondrial mtIF-2.
CD Name: 
IF2_mtIF2_II
CD Superfamily: 
cl02787