RNA-binding component of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF-3) complex, which is involved in protein synthesis of a specialized repertoire of mRNAs and, together with other initiation factors, stimulates binding of mRNA and methionyl-tRNAi to the 40S ribosome. The eIF-3 complex specifically targets and initiates translation of a subset of mRNAs involved in cell proliferation. Component of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF-3) complex. The eIF-3 complex appears to include tif32/eif3a, SPAC25G10.08/eif3b, tif33/eif3c, SPBC4C3.07/eif3f, tif35/eif3g and sum1/eif3i. This set of common subunits may also associate exclusively with either moe1/eif3d and int6/eif3e, or with SPAC821.05/eif3h and SPAC1751.03/eif3m. The eIF-3 complex may also include SPAC3A12.13c/eif3j. Belongs to the eIF-3 subunit A family.