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ArticleNature microbiology2019

ER-shaping atlastin proteins act as central hubs to promote flavivirus replication and virion assembly.

Christopher J Neufeldt, Mirko Cortese, Pietro Scaturro, Berati Cerikan, Jeremy G Wideman, Keisuke Tabata, Thaís Moraes, Olga Oleksiuk, Andreas Pichlmair, Ralf Bartenschlager

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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62citing papers in PubMed
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Dengue virus infection.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2026
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  4. ATL2 Recruits TRAK1 to Promote Mitochondrial Transport at ER-Mitochondria Contact Sites.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  8. Cellular Biology: Virus-Host Interactions and RNA Structure and Function.Current topics in microbiology and immunology · 2026
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  10. PRRSV suppresses ER-phagy through Nsp2- and Nsp5-mediated degradation of FAM134B.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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  11. Dengue and severe dengue.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2025
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  14. UFMylation promotes orthoflavivirus infectious particle production.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  16. Arfs on the Golgi: four conductors, one orchestra.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2025
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2 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Christopher J NeufeldtDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany. christopher.neufeldt@med.uni-heidelberg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4551-1811
Mirko CorteseDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1786-4211
Pietro ScaturroTechnical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Institute of Virology, Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9098-3087
Berati CerikanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Jeremy G WidemanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4426-9533
Keisuke TabataDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Thaís MoraesDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Olga OleksiukDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Andreas PichlmairTechnical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Institute of Virology, Munich, Germany.
Ralf BartenschlagerDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany. ralf.bartenschlager@med.uni-heidelberg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5601-9307
Heidelberg University · DEDalhousie University · CAGerman Cancer Research Center · DEGerman Center for Infection Research · DETechnical University of Munich · DE

Funding

European Research Council 311339
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flaviviruses, including dengue virus and Zika virus, extensively remodel the cellular endomembrane network to generate replication organelles that promote viral genome replication and virus production. However, it remains unclear how these membranes and associated cellular proteins act during the virus cycle. Here, we show that atlastins (ATLs), a subset of ER resident proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases, have dichotomous effects on flaviviruses-with ATL2 depletion leading to replication organelle defects, and ATL3 depletion to changes in virus production pathways. We characterized non-conserved functional domains in ATL paralogues and show that the ATL interactome is profoundly reprogrammed following dengue virus infection. Screen analysis confirmed non-redundant ATL functions and identified a specific role for ATL3, and its interactor ARF4, in vesicle trafficking and virion maturation. Our data identify ATLs as central hubs targeted by flaviviruses to establish their replication organelle and to achieve efficient virion maturation and secretion.

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A549 CellsADP-Ribosylation FactorsAnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsDengue VirusEndoplasmic ReticulumFlavivirusGene Knockout TechniquesGTP PhosphohydrolasesHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHumansMembrane ProteinsVero CellsViral ProteinsVirionADP-Ribosylation FactorsARF4 protein, humanARF5 protein, humanATL2 protein, humanATL3 protein, humanGTP PhosphohydrolasesMembrane ProteinsViral Proteins

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PMID31636417
PMCPMC6881184
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