IndraLab
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"The 4E-BPs inhibit translation in a reversible manner. Hypophosphorylated 4E-BPs interact avidly with eIF4E, whereas 4E-BP hyperphosphorylation, elicited by stimulation of cells with hormones, cytokines, or growth factors, results in an abrogation of eIF4E-binding activity.|These results are at variance with reports that have characterized the 4E-BP1/eIF4E interaction utilizing recombinant 4E-BP1 proteins phosphorylated in vitro with ERK, and harboring alanine substitutions at Thr 37, Thr 46, Thr 70, and Ser 83 |phosphorylation of either Thr 46 or Ser 65 was reported to result in a decrease in eIF4E binding"