Figure 8. PABP does not compete with eIF4A for binding to the eIF4G central region. In A and B, the amount of GST-eIF4G601–1106, which contains the interaction domains for eIF4A and PABP, bound to glutathione Sepharose for each pull-down assay is shown in the Coomassie-stained gels (bottom panels). (A) Full-length eIF4A was added to each reaction in a 1:1 molar ratio to GST-eIF4G601–1106 and His-PABP1–393 was added in increasing amounts to the binding reactions. (B) His-PABP1–393 was added to each reaction in a 1:1 molar ratio to GST-eIF4G601–1106 and full-length eIF4A was added in increasing amounts to the binding reactions. The amount of (A) eIF4A or (B) PABP bound to GST-eIF4G601–1106 was detected by Western analysis (top panels).