Elongation factor 2 (EF-2), also encoded by EFT2; catalyzes ribosomal translocation during protein synthesis; contains diphthamide, the unique posttranslationally modified histidine residue specifically ADP-ribosylated by diphtheria toxin; EFT1 has a paralog, EFT2, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005659]

Chromosome XV: 575,098-577,626 forward strand.

R64-1-1:BK006948.2

This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 410 orthologues and 15 paralogues.

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