Translation Initiation factor eIF- 4e-like

Definition

This entry includes a group of eIF4E-like protein. These proteins consist of a curved eight-stranded antiparallel β-sheet, decorated with three helices on the convex face and three smaller helices inserted in connecting loops PMID:9302999. Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF-4E) PMID:1733496 is a protein that binds to the cap structure of eukaryotic cellular mRNAs. eIF-4E recognises and binds the 7-methylguanosine-containing (m7Gppp) cap during an early step in the initiation of protein synthesis and facilitates ribosome binding to a mRNA by inducing the unwinding of its secondary structures. A tryptophan in the central part of the sequence of human eIF-4E seems to be implicated in cap-binding PMID:1672854.

5 human proteins with this domain

Each is a reviewed human protein in the Seroatlas serome and a potential autoantibody target; this domain groups them into one antibody-relevant category. Every entry links to its own record.

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• C11orf68
• EIF4E
• EIF4E1B
• EIF4E2
• EIF4E3