Biology:EIF4EBP3

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E-binding protein 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EIF4EBP3 gene.[1][2]

Function

This gene encodes a member of the EIF4EBP family which derives its name from proteins that bind to eukaryotic initiation factor 4E and that prevent its assembly into EIF4F. Co-transcription of this gene and the neighboring upstream gene (MASK) generates a transcript (MASK-BP3) which encodes a fusion protein composed of the MASK protein sequence for the majority of the protein and a different C-terminus due to an alternate reading frame for the EIF4EBP3 segments.[2]

Interactions

EIF4EBP3 has been shown to interact with EIF4E.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "4E-BP3, a new member of the eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein family". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (22): 14002–7. Jul 1998. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.22.14002. PMID 9593750. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: EIF4EBP3 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E binding protein 3". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=8637. 
  3. "Localisation and regulation of the eIF4E-binding protein 4E-BP3". FEBS Lett. 532 (3): 319–23. Dec 2002. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(02)03694-3. PMID 12482586. 

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