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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2026

Purification and characterization of recombinant human translation initiation factor eIF3.

Irene Diaz-Lopez, Yuliya Gordiyenko, Philipp K Zuber, Xueyan Li, V Ramakrishnan

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Article in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Purification and characterization of recombinant human translation initiation factor eIF3.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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5 authors.

Irene Diaz-LopezMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4703-4991
Yuliya GordiyenkoMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
Philipp K ZuberMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
Xueyan LiMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
V RamakrishnanMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.

Funding

European Molecular Biology Organization ALTF 778-2021European Molecular Biology Organization ALTF 937-2022Medical Research Council MC_U105184332Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust WT096570
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF3) is an essential factor in protein synthesis. In mammals, it is a ~800 kDa complex composed of 12-13 subunits. Biochemical and mechanistic studies of the function of eIF3 and its individual subunits in translation require purified eIF3. However, current strategies for obtaining mammalian eIF3 rely on purification of the endogenous factor from cultured human cells or rabbit reticulocytes lysates, both of which are expensive and time consuming. Here we present a recombinant insect-cell expression and purification system for human eIF3 which allows the purification of large amounts of functional, homogeneous eIF3 efficiently and cost-effective, while also enabling engineering, such as generation of site-specific mutations in the factor for functional studies.

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Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-3AnimalsHumansRabbitsRecombinant ProteinsSf9 CellsEukaryotic Initiation Factor-3Recombinant ProteinseIF3high yieldmultifactor complex purificationtranslation initiation

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PMID41432235
PMCPMC12723715

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