2001
Elongation Factor-2 Phosphorylation and the Regulation of Protein Synthesis by Calcium
Nairn A, Matsushita M, Nastiuk K, Horiuchi A, Mitsui K, Shimizu Y, Palfrey H. Elongation Factor-2 Phosphorylation and the Regulation of Protein Synthesis by Calcium. Progress In Molecular And Subcellular Biology 2001, 27: 91-129. PMID: 11575162, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-09889-9_4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCalciumCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein KinasesCell CycleCell DivisionCyclic AMP-Dependent Protein KinasesCysteine EndopeptidasesElongation Factor 2 KinaseHumansMolecular Sequence DataMultienzyme ComplexesNeuronsPeptide Chain Elongation, TranslationalPeptide Elongation Factor 2PhosphorylationProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProtein BiosynthesisSequence Homology, Amino AcidSignal TransductionUbiquitinConceptsProtein synthesisElongation factor 2 phosphorylationDephosphorylation of eEF2Eukaryotic protein synthesisAminoacyl-tRNA synthetasesFactor 2 phosphorylationElongation factor 2Ribosomal proteinsRegulated processInitiation factorsDependent kinasesKey proteinsRate of elongationPeptidyl-tRNAPhysiological roleKinasePhosphorylationFactor 2EEF2P siteThr56ProteinSynthetasesDephosphorylationRibosomes
1997
N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor activation and visual activity induce elongation factor-2 phosphorylation in amphibian tecta: A role for N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors in controlling protein synthesis
Scheetz A, Nairn A, Constantine-Paton M. N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor activation and visual activity induce elongation factor-2 phosphorylation in amphibian tecta: A role for N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors in controlling protein synthesis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1997, 94: 14770-14775. PMID: 9405688, PMCID: PMC25112, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.26.14770.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEukaryotic translation elongation factor 2EEF2 phosphorylationProtein synthesisTranslation elongation factor 2Elongation factor 2 phosphorylationProtein synthetic machinerySubset of proteinsFactor 2 phosphorylationElongation factor 2Synaptic plasticityNMDAR activationNumerous transcriptsProtein translationReceptor activationNew proteinsTranscriptional alterationsSynthetic machineryPhosphorylationN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor activationDendritic localizationN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsProtein expressionFactor 2Aspartate receptor activationProtein