Protein Information

General Information
MoonProt ID327
First appeared in release2.0
Name(s)eIF3 subunit g, Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit G Gene: EIF3G
UniProt IDO75821 (EIF3G_HUMAN)
GO termsGO:0001731 formation of translation preinitiation complex GO:0006412 translation GO:0006413 translational initiation GO:0006446 regulation of translational initiation GO:0010467 gene expression GO:0044267 cellular protein metabolic process GO:0000166 nucleotide binding GO:0003676 nucleic acid binding GO:0003723 RNA binding GO:0003743 translation initiation factor activity GO:0005515 protein binding GO:0044822 poly(A) RNA binding GO:0003743 translation initiation factor activity GO:0005737 cytoplasm GO:0005829 cytosol GO:0005852 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 complex GO:0016282 eukaryotic 43S preinitiation complex GO:0033290 eukaryotic 48S preinitiation complex GO:0048471 perinuclear region of cytoplasm GO:0005634 nucleus
Organisms for which functions have been demonstratedHomo sapiens (human, a mammal)
Sequence length320 amino acids
FASTA sequence>gi|49472822|ref|NP_003746.2| eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit G [Homo sapiens] MPTGDFDSKPSWADQVEEEGEDDKCVTSELLKGIPLATGDTSPEPELLPGAPLPPPKEVINGNIKTVTEYKIDEDGKKFKIVRTFRIETRKASKAVARRKNWKKFGNSEFDPPGPNVATTTVSDDVSMTFITSKEDLNCQEEEDPMNKLKGQKIVSCRICKGDHWTTRCPYKDTLGPMQKELAEQLGLSTGEKEKLPGELEPVQATQNKTGKYVPPSLRDGASRRGESMQPNRRADDNATIRVTNLSEDTRETDLQELFRPFGSISRIYLAKDKTTGQSKGFAFISFHRREDAARAIAGVSGFGYDHLILNVEWAKPSTN
Structure Information
PDB IDpartial 2CQ0, fragment 2MJC
Quaternary structurepart of 13 subunits (a-m) complex, 800 kilodaltons
SCOPNA
CATHNA
TM Helix Predictionno TM helices
DisProt AnnotationNot in DisProt
Predicted Disorder Regions1-14, 18-27, 31, 34-49, 110-116, 135-149, 178-235, 316-320
Connections to Disease
OMIM ID
Function 1
Function descriptionpart of eIF3 13-subunit complex that organizes initiation factor and ribosome interactions required for productive translation, protein scaffold for formation of initiation complexes, binds to proteins of small ribosomal subunit
References for function20094052
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Commentsoverall complex is phosphorylated: Andaya A, Villa N, Jia W, Fraser CS, Leary JA. Phosphorylation stoichiometries of human eukaryotic initiation factors. Int J Mol Sci. 2014 Jun 27;15(7):11523-38. doi: 10.3390/ijms150711523. PMID: 24979134
Function 2
Function descriptionbinds to 5' untranslated regions of specific mRNA for translational activation, subunits a, b, d, g, binding site on mRNA for c-Jun is required for efficient translation of c-JUN
References for function25849773
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Commentsbinds mRNA stem-loops, with different modes of stem-loop binding to affect translation activation or repression, binds directly to c-JUN mRNA