EIF2S3B Gene

Name eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 subunit gamma B
Description Predicted to enable translation initiation factor activity. Predicted to contribute to tRNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in formation of translation preinitiation complex. Predicted to be part of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 complex. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Mar 2025]
Summary
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NCBI Gene ID 255308
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Predicted Functions View EIF2S3B's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Co-expressed Genes View EIF2S3B's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Expression in Tissues and Cell Lines View EIF2S3B's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.

Functional Associations

EIF2S3B has 1,080 functional associations with biological entities spanning 5 categories (functional term, phrase or reference, disease, phenotype or trait, chemical, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA) extracted from 18 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas gene perturbations changing expression of EIF2S3B gene from the CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas dataset.
COMPARTMENTS Curated Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 cellular components containing EIF2S3B protein from the COMPARTMENTS Curated Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 cellular components co-occuring with EIF2S3B protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
DISEASES Experimental Gene-Disease Association Evidence Scores 2025 diseases associated with EIF2S3B gene in GWAS datasets from the DISEASES Experimental Gene-Disease Assocation Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Association Evidence Scores 2025 diseases co-occuring with EIF2S3B gene in abstracts of biomedical publications from the DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Assocation Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
DisGeNET Gene-Phenotype Associations phenotypes associated with EIF2S3B gene in GWAS and other genetic association datasets from the DisGeNET Gene-Phenoptype Associations dataset.
GO Biological Process Annotations 2023 biological processes involving EIF2S3B gene from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations 2023 dataset.
GO Biological Process Annotations 2025 biological processes involving EIF2S3B gene from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations2025 dataset.
GO Molecular Function Annotations 2023 molecular functions performed by EIF2S3B gene from the curated GO Molecular Function Annotations 2023 dataset.
GO Molecular Function Annotations 2025 molecular functions performed by EIF2S3B gene from the curated GO Molecular Function Annotations 2025 dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of EIF2S3B gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of EIF2S3B gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 dataset.
Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 transcription factors regulating expression of EIF2S3B gene from the Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 dataset.
RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures drug perturbations changing expression of EIF2S3B gene from the RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures dataset.
RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of EIF2S3B gene from the RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset.
TISSUES Curated Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues with high expression of EIF2S3B protein from the TISSUES Curated Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues with high expression of EIF2S3B protein in proteomics datasets from the TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues co-occuring with EIF2S3B protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.