The interaction of the potyviruses' VPg with host eIF4E(s) is important to establish the infection although the precise mechanism is still unknown (Coutinho de Oliveira et al., 2019; Miras et al., 2017; Saha and Mäkinen, 2020; Tavert‐Roudet et al., 2017). Here, EIF4E is linked to infection.