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EIF3E (Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit E) is a gene that drives cell growth when it is altered. The public catalogues list it as an oncogene driver, and it is called a cancer driver by mutation analysis of patient cohorts. Tied to Cervical cancer, Breast cancer and Lung cancer. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.

Biology

Component of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF-3) complex, which is required for several steps in the initiation of protein synthesis. The eIF-3 complex associates with the 40S ribosome and facilitates the recruitment of eIF-1, eIF-1A, eIF-2:GTP:methionyl-tRNAi and eIF-5 to form the 43S pre-initiation complex (43S PIC). The eIF-3 complex stimulates mRNA recruitment to the 43S PIC and scanning of the mRNA for AUG recognition. The eIF-3 complex is also required for disassembly and recycling of post-termination ribosomal complexes and subsequently prevents premature joining of the 40S and 60S ribosomal subunits prior to initiation. The eIF-3 complex specifically targets and initiates translation of a subset of mRNAs involved in cell proliferation, including cell cycling, differentiation and apoptosis, and uses different modes of RNA stem-loop binding to exert either translational activation or repression. Required for nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD); may act in conjunction with UPF2 to divert mRNAs from translation to the NMD pathway. Location: Cytoplasm; Nucleus, PML body (UniProt). Locus 8q23.1 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Cervical cancer: IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (CESC)
  • Breast cancer: Open Targets association 0.53 with breast cancer (MONDO_0007254)
  • Lung cancer: Open Targets association 0.51 with lung cancer (MONDO_0008903)
Class: oncogene · Gene: EIF3E · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"EIF3E" OR ABSTRACT:"EIF3E" OR TITLE:"eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit E" OR ABSTRACT:"eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit E" OR TITLE:"Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit E" OR ABSTRACT:"Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit E" OR TITLE:"eIF3-p48" OR ABSTRACT:"eIF3-p48" OR TITLE:"INT6" OR ABSTRACT:"INT6" OR TITLE:"EIF3S6" OR ABSTRACT:"EIF3S6") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about EIF3E, not a curated reading list.

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