Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16140784›Full record

ArticleJournal of virology2005

The 41-amino-acid C-terminal region of the hepatitis E virus ORF3 protein interacts with bikunin, a kunitz-type serine protease inhibitor.

Shweta Tyagi, Milan Surjit, Sunil K Lal

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Article in Journal of virology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Characteristics and Functions of HEV Proteins.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023
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  3. Life cycle and morphogenesis of the hepatitis E virus.Emerging microbes & infections · 2018
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  5. Hepatitis E virus: advances and challenges.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2018
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  6. ORF3 as a sensitive and specific diagnostic index for hepatitis E.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2017
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  12. Hepatitis e: molecular virology and pathogenesis.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology · 2013
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  15. Molecular biology and replication of hepatitis E virus.Emerging microbes & infections · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shweta TyagiVirology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, P. O. Box 10504, Aruna Asaf Ali Road, New Delhi 10067, India.
Milan Surjit
Sunil K Lal
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology · IN

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis E virus (HEV), a human plus-stranded RNA virus, contains three open reading frames (ORF). Of these, ORF1 encodes the viral nonstructural polyprotein, ORF2 encodes the major capsid protein, and ORF3 codes for a phosphoprotein of undefined function. Recently, using the yeast two-hybrid system to screen a human cDNA liver library, we have isolated and characterized AMBP (alpha1-microglobulin/bikunin precursor), which specifically interacts with the ORF3 protein of HEV. The ORF3 protein expedites the processing and secretion of alpha1-microglobulin. When checked individually for interaction, the second processed protein from AMBP, bikunin, strongly interacted with the full-length ORF3 protein. This protein-protein interaction has been validated by immunoprecipitation in both COS-1 and Huh7 cells and by His6 pull-down assays. In dual-labeling immunofluorescent staining, followed by fluorescence microscopy of transfected human liver cells, ORF3 colocalized with endogenously expressed bikunin. Finally, a 41-amino-acid C-terminal region of ORF3 has been found to be responsible for interacting with bikunin. The importance of this virus-host protein-protein interaction, with reference to the viral life cycle, has been discussed.

Indexed as

Alpha-GlobulinsAnimalsBase SequenceBinding SitesCell LineChlorocebus aethiopsCOS CellsDNA, ViralHepatitis E virusHumansIn Vitro TechniquesMembrane GlycoproteinsProtein BindingProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalRecombinant ProteinsSerine Proteinase Inhibitorsalpha-1-microglobulinAlpha-GlobulinsDNA, ViralMembrane GlycoproteinsORF3 protein, Hepatitis E virusRecombinant ProteinsSerine Proteinase InhibitorsSPINT2 protein, humanTrypsin Inhibitor, Kunitz SoybeanViral Proteins

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PMID16140784
PMCPMC1212588
OpenAlexW2101655964

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