UniProt functional annotation for G0SCU4

UniProt code: G0SCU4.

Organism: Chaetomium thermophilum (strain DSM 1495 / CBS 144.50 / IMI 039719).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; Pezizomycotina; Sordariomycetes; Sordariomycetidae; Sordariales; Chaetomiaceae; Chaetomium.
 
Function: Recognizes and binds the 7-methylguanosine-containing mRNA cap during an early step in the initiation of protein synthesis and facilitates ribosome binding by inducing the unwinding of the mRNAs secondary structures. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00003021}.
 
Similarity: Belongs to the eukaryotic initiation factor 4E family. {ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU004374}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.