need help with your account or subscription? click here to email us (or see the contact page)
join telegramNEW! discord
jump to exam page:
search for anything ⋅ score predictor (โ€œpredict me!โ€)

NBME 21 Answers

nbme21/Block 1/Question#4 (reveal difficulty score)
A 67-year-old man comes to the emergency ...
Translation ๐Ÿ” / ๐Ÿ“บ / ๐ŸŒณ / ๐Ÿ“–
tags:

 Login (or register) to see more


 +10  upvote downvote
submitted by โˆ—haliburton(225)
get full access to all contentpick a username

EF2 is translational elogation factor 2, which is necessary for protein synthesis.

get full access to all contentpick a username
sympathetikey  I. Am. So. DUMB. +30
nala_ula  same :( +3
lovebug  At first, E2F flashed through my mind. then I thought maybe EF2 is elongation factor for transcription. DUMB. :( +3



 +3  upvote downvote
submitted by โˆ—divya(75)
get full access to all contentpick a username

C dip exotoxin inhibits protein synthesis(translation) via ADP ribosylation of EF 2.

get full access to all contentpick a username



 +3  upvote downvote
submitted by โˆ—deberawr(12)
get full access to all contentpick a username

Elongation factor 2 binds to the aminoacyl T-RNA and helps with elongation of the peptide chain

versus

E2F which is a family of transcription factors which regulates cell cycling from G1 to Gs (when not bound to Rb)

silly me confused the two as the same LOL

get full access to all contentpick a username



Must-See Comments from nbme21

nosancuck on Absorption atelectasis
assoplasty on Free T4
seagull on GM2
lnsetick on Apocrine
niboonsh on NMDA receptors are blocked by Mg2+ at the ...
drdoom on Deletion of a hydrophobic amino acid ...
hayayah on HCO3โˆ’ transported in the plasma
mcl on Aortic
notadoctor on Usual interstitial pneumonitis
madojo on Genital herpes
hungrybox on Obstruction of the bile duct
jambo2222 on Lung
hungrybox on Mismatch repair
hungrybox on Hydrochlorothiazide

search for anything NEW!