GO cellular component ontology term - GO:0005851 - eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B complex
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0005851
- Name
- eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B complex
- Ontology or CV name
- GO cellular component
- Definition
- A multisubunit guanine nucleotide exchange factor which catalyzes the exchange of GDP bound to initiation factor eIF2 for GTP, generating active eIF2-GTP. In humans, it is composed of five subunits, alpha, beta, delta, gamma and epsilon.