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Molecular and Cellular Biology, August 1999, p. 5557-5564, Vol. 19, No. 8
0270-7306/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factors 4G and 4A from Saccharomyces cerevisiae Interact Physically and Functionally

Carrie L. Neff and Alan B. Sachs*

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720

Received 23 February 1999/Returned for modification 7 April 1999/Accepted 4 May 1999

The initiation of translation in eukaryotes requires several multisubunit complexes, including eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4F (eIF4F). In higher eukaryotes eIF4F is composed of the cap binding protein eIF4E, the adapter protein eIF4G, and the RNA-stimulated ATPase eIF4A. The association of eIF4A with Saccharomyces cerevisiae eIF4F has not yet been demonstrated, and therefore the degree to which eIF4A's conserved function relies upon this association has remained unclear. Here we report an interaction between yeast eIF4G and eIF4A. Specifically, we found that the growth arrest phenotype associated with three temperature-sensitive alleles of yeast eIF4G2 was suppressed by excess eIF4A and that this suppression was allele specific. In addition, in vitro translation extracts derived from an eIF4G2 mutant strain could be heat inactivated, and this inactivation could be reversed upon the addition of recombinant eIF4A. Finally, in vitro binding between yeast eIF4G and eIF4A was demonstrated, as was diminished binding between mutant eIF4G2 proteins and eIF4A. In total, these data indicate that yeast eIF4G and eIF4A physically associate and that this association performs an essential function.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 401 Barker Hall, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720. Phone: (510) 643-7698. Fax: (510) 643-5035. E-mail: asachs{at}uclink4.berkeley.edu.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, August 1999, p. 5557-5564, Vol. 19, No. 8
0270-7306/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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