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ArticleFrontiers in molecular biosciences2020

SARS-CoV-2 Virion Stabilization by Zn Binding.

Silvia Morante, Giovanni La Penna, Giancarlo Rossi, Francesco Stellato

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Article in Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The zinc proteome of SARS-CoV-2.Metallomics : integrated biometal science · 2022
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  9. A SARS-CoV-2 -human metalloproteome interaction map.Journal of inorganic biochemistry · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Silvia MoranteDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
Giovanni La PennaINFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Giancarlo RossiDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
Francesco StellatoDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata · ITInstitute for the Chemistry of OrganoMetallic Compounds · ITUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zinc plays a crucial role in the process of virion maturation inside the host cell. The accessory Cys-rich proteins expressed in SARS-CoV-2 by genes ORF7a and ORF8 are likely involved in zinc binding and in interactions with cellular antigens activated by extensive disulfide bonds. In this report we provide a proof of concept for the feasibility of a structural study of orf7a and orf8 proteins. A conceivable hypothesis is that lack of cellular zinc, or substitution thereof, might lead to a significant slowing down of viral maturation.

Indexed as

molecular dynamics computer simulationorf7a and orf8 proteinsSARS-CoV-2tetherin/Bst2zinc fingerZn binding

Identifiers

PMID33195401
PMCPMC7533540
OpenAlexW3027196029

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