Found in translation: another RNA helicase function.
In a recent issue of Cell, Pisareva et al. (2008) reveal that DHX29, a previously uncharacterized mammalian DExH-box protein, facilitates translation initiation on mRNAs with structured 5' untranslated regions.
Stevenson
Abigail L
AL
Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, UK.
McCarthy
John E G
JE
D000818:Animals; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000201:enzymology; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D020365:RNA Helicases / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology
D020365:RNA Helicases