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ArticleVirology2018

Coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus non-structural proteins 8 and 12 form stable complex independent of the non-translated regions of viral RNA and other viral proteins.

Yong Wah Tan, To Sing Fung, Hongyuan Shen, Mei Huang, Ding Xiang Liu

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Article in Virology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yong Wah TanSouth China Agricultural University, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory Microbial Signals & Disease Co, and Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, People's Republic of China; School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, 63755, Singapore; Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 61 Biopolis Drive, Proteos 138673, Singapore.
To Sing FungSouth China Agricultural University, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory Microbial Signals & Disease Co, and Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Hongyuan ShenInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 61 Biopolis Drive, Proteos 138673, Singapore.
Mei HuangSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, 63755, Singapore.
Ding Xiang LiuSouth China Agricultural University, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory Microbial Signals & Disease Co, and Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: dxliu0001@163.com.
South China Agricultural University · CNInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology · SGNanyang Technological University · SG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cleavage products from coronavirus polyproteins, known as the non-structural proteins (nsps), are believed to make up the major components of the viral replication/transcription complex. In this study, several nsps encoded by avian gammacoronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) were screened for RNA-binding activity and interaction with its RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, nsp12. Nsp2, nsp5, nsp8, nsp9 and nsp10 were found to bind to untranslated regions (UTRs), while nsp8 was confirmed to interact with nsp12. Nsp8 has been reported to interact with nsp7 and functions as a primase synthesizing RNA primers for nsp12. Further characterization revealed that nsp8-nsp12 interaction is independent of the UTRs of viral RNA, and nsp8 interacts with both the N- and C-terminal regions of nsp12. These results have prompted a proposal of how the nsp7-nsp8 complex could possibly function in tandem with nsp12, forming a highly efficient complex that could synthesize both the RNA primer and viral RNA during coronavirus infection.

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Protein MultimerizationCell LineHumansInfectious bronchitis virusProtein BindingRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, ViralViral Nonstructural ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, ViralViral Nonstructural ProteinsCoronavirusIBVInfectious bronchitis virusNon-structure proteinProtein interactionRNA-dependent RNA polymeraseRNA synthesisViral genome replication

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PMID29035788
PMCPMC7112110
OpenAlexW2761517030

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