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Diphthamide

Diphthamide
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Names
IUPAC name
2-Amino-3-[2-(3-carbamoyl-3-trimethylammonio-propyl)-3H-imidazol-4-yl]propanoate
Identifiers
75645-22-6 YesY
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ChemSpider 4942856 YesY
PubChem 6438375
Properties
C13H23N5O3
Molar mass 297.354 g/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Diphthamide is a post-translationally modified histidine amino acid found in archaeal and eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF-2).

Diphthamide is proposed to be a 2-[3-carboxyamido-3-(trimethylammonio)propyl histidine. Though this structure has been confirmed by X-ray crystallography, its stereochemistry is uncertain.

Diphthamide ensures translation fidelity.

The presence or absence of diphthamide is known to affect NF-κB or death receptor pathways.

Diphthamide is biosynthesized from histidine and S-adenosyl methionine.


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