“…In the presence of sufficient growth factors and nutrients, major sites of 4E-BP1 phosphorylation include the proline-directed sites threonines 37 and 46, serine 65, and threonine 70 (reviewed in Gingras et al, 2001b). Phosphorylation at both threonines 37 and 46 is thought to be a priming event that is absolutely required for mitogen-induced serine 65 and threonine 70 phosphorylation, which results in the release of eIF4E (Gingras et al, 1999a(Gingras et al, , 2001aMothe-Satney et al, 2000a). Phosphorylation of threonine 70 appears to be required for the subsequent phosphorylation of serine 65 (Gingras et al, 1999a(Gingras et al, , 2001aMothe-Satney et al, 2000a, 2000b.…”