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Eukaryotic initiation factors are found in the postribosomal supernatant as well as bound to the 40S ribosomal subunits. We have analyzed the factor activities from the supernatant by means of zonal centrifugation followed by Sepharose-heparin affinity chromatography. They exist both as free factors, sedimenting in a broad range from 4 to 7S, and complexed with other protein(s) with a sedimentation value of 16–20S. This complexed fraction contains besides eIF-2 another activity which exhibits a profound stimulation on amino acid incorporation in crude lysates and appears to counteract the heme-regulated inhibitor.
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Abbreviations eIF-2, eIF-3, eIF-4A and eIF-4B are eukaryotic initiation factors, see FEBS Letters 76, 1-10 (1977).
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Amesz, H., Haubrich, T. & Voorma, H.O. Postribosomal complexes containing eukaryotic initiation factor eIF-2. Mol Biol Rep 5, 121–125 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00777498
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