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ArticleJournal of virology2026

The FACT complex associates with the RPA complex at viral replication compartments to promote adenovirus infection.

Tarana Sharmin, Moxuan Zhao, Selvambigai Manivannan, Kholoud Alharbi, Kaveri Singh, Fadi S I Qashqari, Simon Davis, Douglas G Ward, Andrew S Turnell

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Article in Journal of virology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Tarana SharminDepartment of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medicine and Health, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Moxuan ZhaoDepartment of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medicine and Health, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Selvambigai ManivannanDepartment of Metabolism and Systems Science, College of Medicine and Health, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Kholoud AlharbiDepartment of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medicine and Health, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Kaveri SinghDepartment of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medicine and Health, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Fadi S I QashqariDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Simon DavisTarget Discovery Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Douglas G WardDepartment of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medicine and Health, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Andrew S TurnellDepartment of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medicine and Health, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8738-8882

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have determined that the FACT (Facilitates Chromatin Transcription) complex components, SPT16 and SSRP1, associate with both the RPA (Replication Protein A) complex and adenovirus DNA-binding protein (DBP) within viral replication compartments (VRCs) during both human adenovirus 5 (Ad5) and adenovirus 12 (Ad12) infection, and possess proviral activities. Inactivation of FACT by the curaxin, CBL0137, reduces Ad5 and Ad12 E1A-dependent induction of early gene products, while inhibition of FACT by siRNA similarly affected Ad5 gene product synthesis, but differentially affected Ad12 gene product expression. A consistent feature of FACT inhibition, however, was a significant reduction in the protein levels of DBP, which correlated positively with a significant reduction in the formation of VRCs during infection, and the production of new, infectious virus. Pertinently, the inactivation of FACT with CBL0137 or siRNA increased the levels of the p53 protein and p53 target gene product, p21

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AdenoviridaeAdenoviruses, HumanDNA-Binding ProteinsReplication Protein AViral Replication CompartmentsVirus ReplicationCell LineHigh Mobility Group ProteinsHumansTranscriptional Elongation FactorsDNA-Binding ProteinsHigh Mobility Group ProteinsReplication Protein ASSRP1 protein, humanTranscriptional Elongation FactorsadenovirusFACT complexRPA complexVRCs

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PMID42187241
PMCPMC13288986

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