The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Elongation Factor 2 across different species:

eukaryotic translation elongation factor 2 (EEF2), eukaryotic translation elongation factor 2 (Eef2), elongation factor 2 (PF14_0486), elongation factor 2 (LmjF36.0180), elongation factor 2 (LmjF36.0190), elongation factor 2 (EHI_166810), elongation factor 2 (NAEGRDRAFT_59112), Elongation factor 2 (ef2)

Other aliases include:

EF2, EEF-2, Ef-2, MGC98463, EF-2

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Elongation Factor 2:

eukaryotic translation elongation factor 2 – polypeptidyl-tRNA translocase – elongation factor 2 – elongation factor-2 – EF-2 – Elongation factor 2

Elongation Factor 2 fulfills a number of functions:

GTP binding – GTPase activity – nucleotide binding – protein binding – translation elongation factor activity

Elongation Factor 2 is relevant to the following processes:

translational elongation – translation

Locations for Elongation Factor 2:

cytoplasm – ribonucleoprotein complex – cellular_component

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology