Fig. 9

Model depicting the proposed mechanism of suppression of translation initiation by circYap. In the translation initiation complex, eIF4G binds with PABP leading to mRNA circularization and bolster translation. The circYap could specifically recognize and bind with Yap mRNA, and meanwhile bind with eIF4G and PABP which are responsible for Yap translation initiation. Such bindings competitively inhibit the interaction of eIF4G and PABP and therefore suppress the translation initiation of Yap