EIF4B

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4B
PDB rendering based on 1wi8.
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: Template:Homologene2PDBe PDBe, Template:Homologene2uniprot RCSB List of PDB id codes 1wi8​
Identifiers
Symbols	EIF4B ; EIF-4B
External IDs	Template:OMIM5 Template:MGI HomoloGene: 83162
Gene ontology Molecular function Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Cellular component Template:GNF GO Biological process Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
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Species	Human	Mouse
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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4B, also known as EIF4B, is a human gene.

External links

• Cap-dependent translation initiation from Nature Reviews Microbiology. A good image and overview of the function of initiation factors

Further reading

• van Heugten HA, Kasperaitis MA, Thomas AA, Voorma HO (1991). "Evidence that eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 2 is a cap-binding protein that stimulates cap recognition by eIF-4B and eIF-4F". J. Biol. Chem. 266 (11): 7279–84. PMID 2016328.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Milburn SC, Hershey JW, Davies MV; et al. (1990). "Cloning and expression of eukaryotic initiation factor 4B cDNA: sequence determination identifies a common RNA recognition motif". EMBO J. 9 (9): 2783–90. PMID 2390971.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Howe JG, Hershey JW (1984). "Translational initiation factor and ribosome association with the cytoskeletal framework fraction from HeLa cells". Cell. 37 (1): 85–93. PMID 6722878.
• Maruyama K, Sugano S (1994). "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides". Gene. 138 (1–2): 171–4. PMID 8125298.
• Méthot N, Pause A, Hershey JW, Sonenberg N (1994). "The translation initiation factor eIF-4B contains an RNA-binding region that is distinct and independent from its ribonucleoprotein consensus sequence". Mol. Cell. Biol. 14 (4): 2307–16. PMID 8139536.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Naranda T, Strong WB, Menaya J; et al. (1994). "Two structural domains of initiation factor eIF-4B are involved in binding to RNA". J. Biol. Chem. 269 (20): 14465–72. PMID 8182051.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Méthot N, Song MS, Sonenberg N (1996). "A region rich in aspartic acid, arginine, tyrosine, and glycine (DRYG) mediates eukaryotic initiation factor 4B (eIF4B) self-association and interaction with eIF3". Mol. Cell. Biol. 16 (10): 5328–34. PMID 8816444.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K; et al. (1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. PMID 9373149.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Richter NJ, Rogers GW, Hensold JO, Merrick WC (2000). "Further biochemical and kinetic characterization of human eukaryotic initiation factor 4H". J. Biol. Chem. 274 (50): 35415–24. PMID 10585411.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Bushell M, Wood W, Clemens MJ, Morley SJ (2000). "Changes in integrity and association of eukaryotic protein synthesis initiation factors during apoptosis". Eur. J. Biochem. 267 (4): 1083–91. PMID 10672017.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Bushell M, Wood W, Carpenter G; et al. (2001). "Disruption of the interaction of mammalian protein synthesis eukaryotic initiation factor 4B with the poly(A)-binding protein by caspase- and viral protease-mediated cleavages". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (26): 23922–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M100384200. PMID 11274152.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH; et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMID 12477932.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Fleming K, Ghuman J, Yuan X; et al. (2003). "Solution structure and RNA interactions of the RNA recognition motif from eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4B". Biochemistry. 42 (30): 8966–75. doi:10.1021/bi034506g. PMID 12885229.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Raught B, Peiretti F, Gingras AC; et al. (2005). "Phosphorylation of eucaryotic translation initiation factor 4B Ser422 is modulated by S6 kinases". EMBO J. 23 (8): 1761–9. doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600193. PMID 15071500.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Doepker RC, Hsu WL, Saffran HA, Smiley JR (2004). "Herpes simplex virus virion host shutoff protein is stimulated by translation initiation factors eIF4B and eIF4H". J. Virol. 78 (9): 4684–99. PMID 15078951.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Beausoleil SA, Jedrychowski M, Schwartz D; et al. (2004). "Large-scale characterization of HeLa cell nuclear phosphoproteins". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (33): 12130–5. doi:10.1073/pnas.0404720101. PMID 15302935.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Suzuki Y, Yamashita R, Shirota M; et al. (2004). "Sequence comparison of human and mouse genes reveals a homologous block structure in the promoter regions". Genome Res. 14 (9): 1711–8. doi:10.1101/gr.2435604. PMID 15342556.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Shahbazian D, Roux PP, Mieulet V; et al. (2006). "The mTOR/PI3K and MAPK pathways converge on eIF4B to control its phosphorylation and activity". EMBO J. 25 (12): 2781–91. doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7601166. PMID 16763566.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Olsen JV, Blagoev B, Gnad F; et al. (2006). "Global, in vivo, and site-specific phosphorylation dynamics in signaling networks". Cell. 127 (3): 635–48. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.09.026. PMID 17081983.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)