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ArticleNature communications2025

Rational design of phytovirucide inhibiting nucleocapsid protein aggregation in tomato spotted wilt virus.

Ningning Zan, Jiao Li, Jiahui Yao, Shang Wu, Jianzhuan Li, Feifei Chen, Baoan Song, Runjiang Song

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. ZNRD2 Mediated Nucleoprotein Aggregation Impairs Respiratory Syncytial Virus Replication.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Ningning ZanState Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2416-7713
Jiao LiState Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0751-6846
Jiahui YaoState Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-6626-9658
Shang WuState Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2220-7518
Jianzhuan LiState Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-8094
Feifei ChenState Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, PR China.
Baoan SongState Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, PR China. basong@gzu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4237-6167
Runjiang SongState Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, PR China. songrj@gzu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2502-778X

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32302388
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ineffectiveness of managing plant viruses by chemicals has posed serious challenges in crop production. Recently, phase separation has shown to play a key role in viral lifecycle. Using inhibitors that can disturb biomolecular condensates formed by phase separation for virus control has been reported in medical field. However, the applicability of this promising antiviral tactic for plant protection has not been explored. Here, we report an inhibitor, Z9, that targets the tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) N protein. Z9 is capable of interacting with the amino acids in the nucleic acid binding region of TSWV N, disrupting the assembly of N and RNA into phase-separated condensates, the reduction of which is detrimental to the stability of the N protein. This study provides a strategy for phase separation-based plant virus control.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsNucleocapsid ProteinsPlant DiseasesProtein AggregatesTospovirusDrug DesignRNA, ViralSolanum lycopersicumAntiviral AgentsNucleocapsid ProteinsProtein AggregatesRNA, Viral

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PMID40016246
PMCPMC11868578

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