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STRUCTURE
Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages 913-923Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2006.03.012
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM61262] Funding Source: Medline
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The X-ray structure of the C-terminal region of human eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4G (eIF4G) has been determined at 2.2 angstrom resolution, revealing two atypical HEAT-repeat domains. eIF4G recruits various translation factors and the 40S ribosomal subunit to the mRNA 5' end. In higher eukaryotes, the C terminus of eIF4G (4G/C) supports translational regulation by recruiting eIF4A, an RNA helicase, and Mnk1, the kinase responsible for phosphorylating eIF4E. Structure-guided surface mutagenesis and protein-protein interaction assays were used to identify binding sites for eIF4A and Mnk1 within the HEAT-repeats of 4G/C. p97/DAP5, a translational modulator homologous to eIF4G, lacks an eIF4A binding site in the corresponding region. The second atypical HEAT domain of the 4G/C binds Mnk1 using two conserved aromatic/acidic-box (AA-box) motifs. Within the first AA-box, the aromatic residues contribute to the hydrophobic core of the domain, while the acidic residues form a negatively charged surface feature suitable for electrostatic interactions with basic residues in Mnk1.
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