GO biological process ontology term - GO:0017183 - protein histidyl modification to diphthamide
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0017183
- Name
- protein histidyl modification to diphthamide
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- The modification of peptidyl-histidine to 2'-(3-carboxamido-3-(trimethylammonio)propyl)-L-histidine, known as diphthamide, found in translation elongation factor EF-2. The process occurs in eukaryotes and archaea but not eubacteria.
