Eukaryotic type translation initiation factor 2: Structure–functional aspects

An Archaeal Dim2-Like Protein, aDim2p, Forms a Ternary Complex with a/eIF2α and the 3′ End Fragment of 16S rRNA

(2010) Min Ze Jia et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

eIF5 has GDI activity necessary for translational control by eIF2 phosphorylation

(2010) Martin D. Jennings et al.   NATURE

Archaeal aIF2B Interacts with Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factors eIF2α and eIF2Bα: Implications for aIF2B Function and eIF2B Regulation

(2009) Kamal Dev et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Translation initiation complex formation in the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

(2009) D. Hasenohrl et al.   RNA

Crystal Structure of the Intact Archaeal Translation Initiation Factor 2 Demonstrates Very High Conformational Flexibility in the α- and β-Subunits

(2008) Elena Stolboushkina et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Translation Initiation Factor 2  Mutant Alters Start Codon Selection Independent of Met-tRNA Binding

(2008) P. V. Alone et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Eukaryotic translation initiation machinery can operate in a bacterial-like mode without eIF2

(2008) Ilya M Terenin et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Translation initiation factor a/eIF2(- ) counteracts 5' to 3' mRNA decay in the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

(2008) D. Hasenohrl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA