| Literature DB >> 17906640 |
Seyun Kim1, Juliane Kellner, Chang-Hun Lee, Pierre A Coulombe.
Abstract
Eukaryotic elongation factor-1 (eEF1) is essential for peptide-chain elongation during translation. We report that its gamma subunit (eEF1Bgamma) specifically binds, and bundles, keratin intermediate filaments. Disrupting this interaction depresses translation by approximately 20% and selectively increases 80S ribosomes in epithelial cells, an outcome recapitulated by RNA interference-mediated silencing of eEF1Bgamma. These findings extend the emerging relationship between keratin proteins and the translational machinery.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17906640 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1301
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Struct Mol Biol ISSN: 1545-9985 Impact factor: 15.369