| Tissue Specificity | Ubiquitously expressed. Expressed at highest levels in appendix, lymph, pancreas, skeletal muscle, spleen and thymus. |
| Function | Component of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF-3) complex, which is required for several steps in the initiation of protein synthesis. The eIF-3 complex associates with the 40S ribosome and facilitates the recruitment of eIF-1, eIF-1A, eIF-2:GTP:methionyl-tRNAi and eIF-5 to form the 43S pre-initiation complex (43S PIC). The eIF-3 complex stimulates mRNA recruitment to the 43S PIC and scanning of the mRNA for AUG recognition. The eIF-3 complex is also required for disassembly and recycling of post-termination ribosomal complexes and subsequently prevents premature joining of the 40S and 60S ribosomal subunits prior to initiation. The eIF-3 complex specifically targets and initiates translation of a subset of mRNAs involved in cell proliferation, including cell cycling, differentiation and apoptosis, and uses different modes of RNA stem-loop binding to exert either translational activation or repression. Required for nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD).may act in conjunction with UPF2 to divert mRNAs from translation to the NMD pathway. May interact with MCM7 and EPAS1 and regulate the proteasome-mediated degradation of these proteins. |
| Protein Name | Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 3 Subunit EEif3eEukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 3 Subunit 6Viral Integration Site Protein Int-6 HomologEif-3 P48 |
| Database Links | Reactome: R-HSA-156827Reactome: R-HSA-72649Reactome: R-HSA-72689Reactome: R-HSA-72695Reactome: R-HSA-72702Reactome: R-HSA-72706 |
| Cellular Localisation | CytoplasmNucleusPml Body |
| Alternative Antibody Names | Anti-Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 3 Subunit E antibodyAnti-Eif3e antibodyAnti-Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 3 Subunit 6 antibodyAnti-Viral Integration Site Protein Int-6 Homolog antibodyAnti-Eif-3 P48 antibodyAnti-EIF3E antibodyAnti-EIF3S6 antibodyAnti-INT6 antibody |
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