Previously, Ruggero found that mice that were fasting or on a ketogenic diet exhibited increased phosphorylation of a protein called eukaryotic translation initiation factor (eIF4E), which helped the ...

The cap was found to have a crucial role in mRNA translation, and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (EIF4E) was the first protein identified to bind directly to the cap to recruit ...

They found that a protein known as eukaryotic translation initiation factor (eIF4E) changes the body’s metabolism to switch to “fat consumption” during fasting. The same switch also occurs ...