NCBI Accession #
NP_001311594.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_001324665.1
NCBI Official Full Name
eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit A
NCBI Official Symbol
LOC107760201
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
eIF3a; TIF3A1; PNLA-35
NCBI Protein Information
eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit A; eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit A-like
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
eIF3a
UniProt Protein Name
Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit A
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 large subunit; Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit 10
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q40554
UniProt Related Accession #
Q40554
UniProt Comments
RNA-binding component of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF-3) complex, which is involved in protein synthesis of a specialized repertoire of mRNAs and, together with other initiation factors, stimulates binding of mRNA and methionyl-tRNAi to the 40S ribosome. The eIF-3 complex specifically targets and initiates translation of a subset of mRNAs involved in cell proliferation.