Protein Name eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit J
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 8669
Gene Symbol

EIF3J

UniProt O75822 (EIF3J_HUMAN), A0A024R5S5 (A0A024R5S5_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 34
Total Number of Articles : 36
Description

eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit J

Gene Summary

This gene encodes a core subunit of the eukaryotic initiation factor 3 complex, which participates in the initiation of translation by aiding in the recruitment of protein and mRNA components to the 40S ribosome. There are pseudogenes for this gene on chromosomes 1, 3, and 9. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2013]

synonyms
  • eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit J
  • eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3, subunit 1 (alpha, 35kD)
  • EIF3S1
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Properties