Sequences for two cDNAs encoding Arabidopsis thaliana eukaryotic protein synthesis initiation factor 4A

• Published in: Gene Vol. 120; no. 2; pp. 313 - 314
• Main Authors: Metz, Anneke M., Timmer, Richard T., Browning, Karen S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Elsevier B.V 21.10.1992; Amsterdam Elsevier; New York, NY
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; amino acid sequences; Animals; Arabidopsis - genetics; Arabidopsis thaliana; Base Sequence; binding proteins; binding sites; Biological and medical sciences; complementary DNA; DNA; DNA - genetics; eIF-4A; enzymes; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; genbank/x65052; genbank/x65053; Genes. Genome; messenger RNA; Mice; Molecular and cellular biology; Molecular genetics; Molecular Sequence Data; Nicotiana - genetics; nucleoproteins; nucleotide sequence; nucleotide sequences; Peptide Initiation Factors - genetics; plants; Plants, Toxic; Recombinant DNA; RNA helicase; Saccharomyces cerevisiae - genetics; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; structural genes; translation; nucleotide sequence; aa; S; eIF-4A; plants; nt; kb; Recombinant DNA; bp; PCR; RNA helicase; Arabidopsis thaliana; Initiation factor eIF4A; Complementary DNA; Cruciferae; Protein synthesis; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Spermatophyta
• ISSN: 0378-1119; 1879-0038
• DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(92)90112-3

Two distinct cDNAs encoding protein synthesis initiation factor 4A (eIF-4A) were isolated from an Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA library and sequenced. The deduced amino acid sequences from the two cDNAs were compared to eIF-4A from tobacco, mouse and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The putative ATP-binding sites and RNA helicase motifs were identified.