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Why choose eIF4A as our mRNA binding protein rather than other proteins that are natively produced by bacteria ?

April 26, 2017bacteria Binding mrna natively produced protein Proteins

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Why choose eIF4A as our mRNA binding protein rather than other proteins that are natively produced by bacteria ?

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A. We chose eIF4A as our mRNA binding protein due to its dumbell structure. This structure makes it very simple to cleave in the middle which maintaining the interaction between the two parts of the split eIF4A structure.