Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E-binding protein 3 is a
protein
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that in humans is encoded by the ''EIF4EBP3''
gene
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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.
Interactions
EIF4EBP3 has been shown to
interact
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with
EIF4E
Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E, also known as eIF4E, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''EIF4E'' gene.
Structure and function
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