Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 6 (EIF6), also known as Integrin beta 4 binding protein (ITGB4BP), is a human

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s are structures which link the

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to the intermediate filament

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. An important functional component of hemidesmosomes is the integrin beta-4 subunit (

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), a protein containing two fibronectin type III domains. The protein encoded by this gene binds to the fibronectin type III domains of ITGB4 and may help link ITGB4 to the intermediate filament cytoskeleton. The encoded protein, which is insoluble and found both in the

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and in the

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, can function as a

translation initiation factor Initiation factors are proteins that bind to the small subunit of the ribosome during the initiation of translation, a part of protein biosynthesis. Initiation factors can interact with repressors to slow down or prevent translation. They have the ...

and catalyzes the association of the

40S The eukaryotic small ribosomal subunit (40S) is the smaller subunit of the eukaryotic 80S ribosomes, with the other major component being the large ribosomal subunit (60S). The "40S" and "60S" names originate from the convention that ribosomal pa ...

and 60S

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subunits along with eIF5 bound to GTP. Multiple transcript variants encoding several different

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have been found for this gene. EIF6 plays important roles in Eukaryotic 80S ribosome formation, cell growth and gene expression. The 80S ribosome, which can separate into 40S and 60S subunits. EIF6 helps to protect mature 60s subunit and then EIF6 should disassociate with 60s subunit so that it can binds to 40s subunit to form ribosome. Keeping in balance of EIF6 is essential for the body: few EIF6 helps synthesis of normal ribosome, while large amount of EIF6 inhibited 60s subunits bind to 40s subunits.

Function

EIF6 exists both in nucleolus and cytoplasm. In the eukaryotic nucleolus, a 90S pre-ribosomal complex separate to a 60S pre-ribosomal complex and a 40S pre-ribosomal complex, which are involved in synthesis of mature ribosome. EIF6 is indispensable in 60S subunit biogenesis and deletion of EIF6 has lethal effect. The partial deletion of eIF6 results in decreasing of free 60S ribosomal subunit, which means it knocks the 40S/60S subunit ratio off balance, and limiting the speed of protein synthesis. 60S pre-ribosomal complex associated with eIF6 shuttle from nucleolus to cytoplasm and then eIF6 disassociated with pre-60S so that 60S subunit can binds to 40S subunit and continues to subsequent progress. EIF6 can act as a rate-limiting translational initiation factor, and its expression levels influence the translational rate. Few of eIF6 will small accelerate protein translation, while large of eIF6 will block translational process by inhibiting production of ribosome. The activity of eIF6 also cause glycolysis and fatty acid synthesis by mRNAs' translational controlling.

Structure

eIF6 is 245

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s long.

Expression

EIF6 has different level of expression in different tissue and cell. EIF6 has high level of expression in stem cells and cycling cells, while it doesn't in postmitotic cells; high level in brain and epithelia, while low level in muscle.

Interactions

EIF6 has been shown to

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with

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and

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. EIF6 plays important roles in 80S ribosome formation, cell growth and gene expression.

Evolution

eIF6 is present in both yeast and humans, and its amino acid sequence is 77% identical between the two. No duplications of eIF6, or even conserved motifs within the protein are known.

History

eIF6 activity was first described by work in the early 1980s from Linda L. Spremulli's and Umadas Maitra's laboratories. The gene was eventually cloned by Maitra's and

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's groups, both publishing their work in 1997.

Function

Structure

Expression

Interactions

Evolution

History

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