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| Names | |
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| IUPAC name 2-Amino-3-[2-(3-carbamoyl-3-trimethylammonio-propyl)-3H-imidazol-4-yl]propanoate | |
| Identifiers | |
| 75645-22-6   | |
| 3D model (Jmol) | Interactive image Interactive image | 
| ChemSpider | 4942856   | 
| PubChem | 6438375 | 
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| 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.