NCBI Accession #
NP_195051.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_119479.4
NCBI Official Full Name
eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3K
NCBI Official Symbol
EIF3K
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATTIF3K1; eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3K; F17M5.10; F17M5_10; TIF3K1
NCBI Protein Information
eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3K
NCBI Summary
Encodes initiation factor 3k (EIF3k).
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
eIF3k
UniProt Protein Name
Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit K
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
eIF-3 p25
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9SZA3
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9SZA3
UniProt Comments
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.