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EIF4A2

Eukaryotic initiation factor 4A-II is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EIF4A2 gene.

Last revised
Jun 14, 2026
Read time
≈ 3 min
Length
647 w
Citations
10
Source
EIF4A2
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesEIF4A2, BM-010, DDX2B, EIF4A, EIF4F, eIF-4A-II, eIF4A-II, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A2
External IDsOMIM: 601102; MGI: 106906; HomoloGene: 1487; GeneCards: EIF4A2; OMA:EIF4A2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001967

NM_001123037
NM_001123038
NM_013506
NM_001347179

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001958

NP_001116509
NP_001116510
NP_001334108
NP_038534

Location (UCSC)Chr 3: 186.78 – 186.79 MbChr 16: 22.93 – 22.93 Mb
PubMed search34
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Eukaryotic initiation factor 4A-II is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EIF4A2 gene.56


References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000156976Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000022884Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Sudo K, Takahashi E, Nakamura Y (Jan 1996). "Isolation and mapping of the human EIF4A2 gene homologous to the murine protein synthesis initiation factor 4A-II gene Eif4a2". Cytogenet Cell Genet. 71 (4): 385–8. doi:10.1159/000134145. PMID 8521730.
  6. "Entrez Gene: EIF4A2 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A, isoform 2".
Further reading

Further reading

External links
  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: Q14240 (Human Eukaryotic initiation factor 4A-II (EIF4A2)) at the PDBe-KB.