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ArticleRNA (New York, N.Y.)2000

The human coronavirus 229E superfamily 1 helicase has RNA and DNA duplex-unwinding activities with 5'-to-3' polarity.

A Seybert, A Hegyi, S G Siddell, J Ziebuhr

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Article in RNA (New York, N.Y.), 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers.

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104 citing papers in PubMed, 159 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A SeybertInstitute of Virology and Immunology, University of Würzburg, Germany.
A Hegyi
S G Siddell
J Ziebuhr
University of Würzburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human coronavirus 229E replicase gene encodes a protein, p66HEL, that contains a putative zinc finger structure linked to a putative superfamily (SF) 1 helicase. A histidine-tagged form of this protein, HEL, was expressed using baculovirus vectors in insect cells. The purified recombinant protein had in vitro ATPase activity that was strongly stimulated by poly(U), poly(dT), poly(C), and poly(dA), but not by poly(G). The recombinant protein also had both RNA and DNA duplex-unwinding activities with 5'-to-3' polarity. The DNA helicase activity of the enzyme preferentially unwound 5'-oligopyrimidine-tailed, partial-duplex substrates and required a tail length of at least 10 nucleotides for effective unwinding. The combined data suggest that the coronaviral SF1 helicase functionally differs from the previously characterized RNA virus SF2 helicases.

Indexed as

Coronavirus 229E, HumanGene ExpressionViral ProteinsAdenosine TriphosphatasesAnimalsBaculoviridaeBase SequenceChromatography, AffinityCoronavirusDNADNA HelicasesElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelHistidineInsectaMolecular Sequence DataPoint MutationAdenosine TriphosphatasesDNADNA HelicasesHistidinep66HEL protein, Human coronavirus 229EPolynucleotidesRecombinant ProteinsRNA HelicasesViral Nonstructural ProteinsViral Proteins

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PMID10917600
PMCPMC1369980
OpenAlexW2112277337

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