Type: | Family | Name: | Diphthamide synthesis DHP2, eukaryotic |
Description: | This protein has been shown in Saccharomyces cerevisiae(Baker's yeast) to be one of several required for the modification of a particular histidine residue of translation elongation factor 2 to diphthamide []. This modified site can then become the target for ADP-ribosylation by diphtheria toxin []. | Short Name: | DHP2_eu |