Predicted to enable GTPase activity and translation elongation factor activity. Predicted to be involved in mitochondrial translational elongation. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in adult head and adult heart. Used to study chromosome 16p11.2 deletion syndrome, 593-kb. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 4. Orthologous to human TUFM (Tu translation elongation factor, mitochondrial).
FB Description
mitochondrial translation elongation factor Tu 1 (mEFTu1) encodes a protein predicted to function within mitochondria to bring aminoacyl-tRNA to the ribosome during the elongation phase of mRNA translation.