cd10308

Glutathione S-transferase C-terminal-like, alpha helical domain of eukaryotic translation Elongation Factor 1 beta; Glutathione S-transferase (GST) C-terminal domain family, eukaryotic translation Elongation Factor 1 beta (eEF1b) subfamily; eEF1b is a component of the eukaryotic translation elongation factor-1 (EF1) complex which plays a central role in the elongation cycle during protein biosynthesis. EF1 consists of two functionally distinct units, EF1A and EF1B. EF1A catalyzes the GTP-dependent binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the ribosomal A site concomitant with the hydrolysis of GTP. The resulting inactive EF1A:GDP complex is recycled to the active GTP form by the guanine-nucleotide exchange factor EF1B, a complex composed of at least two subunits, alpha and gamma. Metazoan EFB1 contain a third subunit, beta. eEF1b contains a GST_C-like alpha helical domain at the N-terminal region and a C-terminal guanine nucleotide exchange domain. The GST_C-like domain likely functions as a protein-protein interaction domain, similar to the function of the GST_C-like domains of EF1Bgamma and various aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) from higher eukaryotes.