5t48

Structural highlights

Function

[IF4E_DROME] Recognizes and binds the 7-methylguanosine-containing mRNA cap during an early step in the initiation of protein synthesis and facilitates ribosome binding by inducing the unwinding of the mRNAs secondary structures.^[1]

References

1. ↑ Lavoie CA, Lachance PE, Sonenberg N, Lasko P. Alternatively spliced transcripts from the Drosophila eIF4E gene produce two different Cap-binding proteins. J Biol Chem. 1996 Jul 5;271(27):16393-8. PMID:8663200