eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 complex

id: GO:0005850
name: eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 complex
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Complex of three heterogeneous polypeptide chains, that form a ternary complex with initiator methionyl-tRNA and GTP. This ternary complex binds to free 40S subunit, which subsequently binds the 5' end of mRNA.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0043234protein complex
GO:0044444cytoplasmic part