Eden R Freire, Danielle M N Moura, Maria J R Bezerra, Camila C Xavier, Mariana C Morais-Sobral, Ajay A Vashisht, Antonio M Rezende, James A Wohlschlegel, Nancy R Sturm, Osvaldo P de Melo Neto, David A Campbell
Trypanosomatids are parasitic protozoans characterized by several unique structural and metabolic processes that include exquisite mechanisms associated with gene expression and regulation. During the initiation of protein synthesis, for instance, mRNA selection for translation seems to be mediated by different eIF4F-like complexes, which may play a significant role in parasite adaptation to different hosts. In eukaryotes, the heterotrimeric eIF4F complex (formed by eIF4E, eIF4G, and eIF4A) mediates mRNA recognition and ribosome binding and participates in various translation regulatory events...
December 29, 2017: Current Genetics