NCBI Accession #
P55876.1
NCBI Official Full Name
Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5
NCBI Official Symbol
EIF5
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
eIF-5; GRMZM2G165917
NCBI Protein Information
eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
eIF-5
UniProt Protein Name
Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5
UniProt Primary Accession #
P55876
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q9SBX1
UniProt Related Accession #
P55876
UniProt Comments
Catalyzes the hydrolysis of GTP bound to the 40S ribosomal initiation complex (40S.mRNA.Met-tRNA[F].eIF-2.GTP) with the subsequent joining of a 60S ribosomal subunit resulting in the release of eIF-2 and the guanine nucleotide. The subsequent joining of a 60S ribosomal subunit results in the formation of a functional 80S initiation complex (80S.mRNA.Met-tRNA[F]).