Rust R C, Ochs K, Meyer K, Beck E, Niepmann M
Institute of Biochemistry, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
J Virol. 1999 Jul;73(7):6111-3. doi: 10.1128/JVI.73.7.6111-6113.1999.
Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4B (eIF4B) binds directly to the internal ribosome entry site (IRES) of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV). Mutations in all three subdomains of the IRES stem-loop 4 reduce binding of eIF4B and translation efficiency in parallel, indicating that eIF4B is functionally involved in FMDV translation initiation. In reticulocyte lysate devoid of polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB), eIF4B still bound well to the wild-type IRES, even after removal of the major PTB-binding site. In conclusion, the interaction of eIF4B with the FMDV IRES is essential for IRES function but independent of PTB.
真核生物翻译起始因子4B(eIF4B)直接与口蹄疫病毒(FMDV)的内部核糖体进入位点(IRES)结合。IRES茎环4的所有三个亚结构域中的突变会同时降低eIF4B的结合以及翻译效率,这表明eIF4B在功能上参与了FMDV的翻译起始过程。在缺乏聚嘧啶序列结合蛋白(PTB)的网织红细胞裂解物中,即使去除了主要的PTB结合位点,eIF4B仍能很好地与野生型IRES结合。总之,eIF4B与FMDV IRES的相互作用对于IRES功能至关重要,但独立于PTB。