EEF1G (Eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1 gamma)

Eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1 gamma, alias eEF1G, is a protein that plays a main function in the elongation step of translation process but also covers numerous moonlighting roles. Considering its importance in the cell it is found frequently overexpressed in human cancer cells and thus this review wants to collect the state of the art about EEF1G, with insights on DNA, RNA, protein encoded and the diseases where it is implicated