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Designing a Western blot for TUFM? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
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Facts about Elongation factor Tu, mitochondrial.
Recruits ATG5-ATG12 and NLRX1 in mitochondria and serves as a checkpoint of the RIG-I/DDX58-MAVS pathway. Consequently, inhibits RLR-mediated type I interferon while promoting autophagy.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | TUFM |
| Uniprot: | P49411 |
| Entrez: | 7284 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| TRAFAC class translation factor GTPase superfamily |

EFTu; EF-Tu; EFTUCOXPD4; EF-TuMT; elongation factor Tu, mitochondrial; P43; Tu translation elongation factor, mitochondrial
Mass (kDA):
49.542 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 16p11.2 |
| Sequence: | 16; NC_000016.10 (28842411..28846348, complement) |
Mitochondrion.





PMID: 8547323 by Woriax V.L., et al. Cloning, sequence analysis and expression of mammalian mitochondrial protein synthesis elongation factor Tu.
PMID: 7828719 by Wells J., et al. A mitochondrial elongation factor-like protein is over-expressed in tumours and differentially expressed in normal tissues.