title: Molecular cloning and functional expression of a human cDNA encoding translation initiation factor 6.
abstract: Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 6 (eIF6) binds to the 60S ribosomal subunit and prevents its association with the 40S ribosomal subunit. In this paper, we devised a procedure for purifying eIF6 from rabbit reticulocyte lysates and immunochemically characterized the protein by using antibodies isolated from egg yolks of laying hens immunized with rabbit eIF6. By using these monospecific antibodies, a 1.096-kb human cDNA that encodes an eIF6 of 245 amino acids (calculated Mr 26,558) has been cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The purified recombinant human protein exhibits biochemical properties that are similar to eIF6 isolated from mammalian cell extracts. Database searches identified amino acid sequences from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Drosophila, and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans with significant identity to the deduced amino acid sequence of human eIF6, suggesting the presence of homologues of human eIF6 in these organisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Si
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chevesich
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Maitra
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D039642:Eukaryotic Initiation Factors; D006801:Humans; D007381:Intermediate Filament Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C109284:EIF6 protein, human; D039642:Eukaryotic Initiation Factors; D007381:Intermediate Filament Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C491609:TIF6 protein, S cerevisiae