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Structural highlights

Disease

[IF4G1_HUMAN] Defects in EIF4G1 are the cause of Parkinson disease type 18 (PARK18) [MIM:614251]. An autosomal dominant, late-onset form of Parkinson disease. Parkinson disease is a complex neurodegenerative disorder characterized by bradykinesia, resting tremor, muscular rigidity and postural instability, as well as by a clinically significant response to treatment with levodopa. The pathology involves the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and the presence of Lewy bodies (intraneuronal accumulations of aggregated proteins), in surviving neurons in various areas of the brain.^[1]

Function

[NSP3_ROTS1] Involved in the shutoff of host protein synthesis. It is unclear whether it is required for the translation of viral mRNAs as well. Functions similarly to, and competes with the cellular poly(A)-binding protein PABPC1. Binds the conserved sequence 'GACC' at the 3' end of viral mRNAs and allows circularization of viral mRNAs in translation. Interacts with ZC3H7B/RoXaN and with the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4G, using the same region employed by PABP-C1. NSP3 thus displaces PABPC1 from eIF4G, inhibiting the translation of cellular poly(A) mRNAs. Also responsible for the nuclear relocalization of PABPC1 upon rotavirus infection (By similarity). [IF4G1_HUMAN] Component of the protein complex eIF4F, which is involved in the recognition of the mRNA cap, ATP-dependent unwinding of 5'-terminal secondary structure and recruitment of mRNA to the ribosome.

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

See Also

• Nonstructural protein 3D structures

References

1. ↑ Chartier-Harlin MC, Dachsel JC, Vilarino-Guell C, Lincoln SJ, Lepretre F, Hulihan MM, Kachergus J, Milnerwood AJ, Tapia L, Song MS, Le Rhun E, Mutez E, Larvor L, Duflot A, Vanbesien-Mailliot C, Kreisler A, Ross OA, Nishioka K, Soto-Ortolaza AI, Cobb SA, Melrose HL, Behrouz B, Keeling BH, Bacon JA, Hentati E, Williams L, Yanagiya A, Sonenberg N, Lockhart PJ, Zubair AC, Uitti RJ, Aasly JO, Krygowska-Wajs A, Opala G, Wszolek ZK, Frigerio R, Maraganore DM, Gosal D, Lynch T, Hutchinson M, Bentivoglio AR, Valente EM, Nichols WC, Pankratz N, Foroud T, Gibson RA, Hentati F, Dickson DW, Destee A, Farrer MJ. Translation initiator EIF4G1 mutations in familial Parkinson disease. Am J Hum Genet. 2011 Sep 9;89(3):398-406. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.08.009. PMID:21907011 doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.08.009
2. ↑ Groft CM, Burley SK. Recognition of eIF4G by rotavirus NSP3 reveals a basis for mRNA circularization. Mol Cell. 2002 Jun;9(6):1273-83. PMID:12086624