Myxoma virus immunomodulatory protein M156R is a structural mimic of eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF2alpha.
Ramelot, T.A., Cort, J.R., Yee, A.A., Liu, F., Goshe, M.B., Edwards, A.M., Smith, R.D., Arrowsmith, C.H., Dever, T.E., Kennedy, M.A.(2002) J.Mol.Biol. 322: 943-954
- PubMed: 12367520 
- PubMed Abstract: 
Phosphorylation of the translation initiation factor eIF2 on Ser51 of its alpha subunit is a key event for regulation of protein synthesis in all eukaryotes. M156R, the product of the myxoma virus M156R open reading frame, has sequence similarity to ...