Tissue Specificity | Widely expressed. Expressed at higher level in pancreas, heart, brain and placenta. |
Function | Functions in the early steps of protein synthesis of a small number of specific mRNAs. Acts by directing the binding of methionyl-tRNAi to 40S ribosomal subunits. In contrast to the eIF-2 complex, it binds methionyl-tRNAi to 40S subunits in a codon-dependent manner, whereas the eIF-2 complex binds methionyl-tRNAi to 40S subunits in a GTP-dependent manner. |
Protein Name | Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 2aEif-2a65 Kda Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 2a Cleaved Into - Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 2a - N-Terminally Processed |
Alternative Antibody Names | Anti-Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 2a antibodyAnti-Eif-2a antibodyAnti-65 Kda Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 2a Cleaved Into - Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 2a - N-Terminally Processed antibodyAnti-EIF2A antibodyAnti-CDA02 antibodyAnti-MSTP004 antibodyAnti-MSTP089 antibody |
Information sourced from Uniprot.org