In eukaryotic cells, protein synthesis is a complex and multi-step process that has several mechanisms to start the translation including cap-dependent and cap-independent initiation. The translation control of eukary...In eukaryotic cells, protein synthesis is a complex and multi-step process that has several mechanisms to start the translation including cap-dependent and cap-independent initiation. The translation control of eukaryotic gene expression occurs principally at the initiation step. In this context, it is critical that the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E bind to the 7-methylguanosine （m7G） cap present at the 5＇- UTRs of most eukaryotic mRNAs. Combined with other initiation factors, elF4E mediates the mRNA recruitment on ribosomes to start the translation. Moreover, the eIF4E nuclear bodies are involved in the export of specific mRNAs from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. In this review, we focus on the elF4E structure and its physiological functions, and describe the role of eIF4E in cancer development and progression and the current therapeutic strategies to target eIF4E.展开更多
文摘In eukaryotic cells, protein synthesis is a complex and multi-step process that has several mechanisms to start the translation including cap-dependent and cap-independent initiation. The translation control of eukaryotic gene expression occurs principally at the initiation step. In this context, it is critical that the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E bind to the 7-methylguanosine （m7G） cap present at the 5＇- UTRs of most eukaryotic mRNAs. Combined with other initiation factors, elF4E mediates the mRNA recruitment on ribosomes to start the translation. Moreover, the eIF4E nuclear bodies are involved in the export of specific mRNAs from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. In this review, we focus on the elF4E structure and its physiological functions, and describe the role of eIF4E in cancer development and progression and the current therapeutic strategies to target eIF4E.
