RTN3 and RTN4: Architects of SARS-CoV-2 replication organelles

A Kratzel, V Thiel - Journal of Cell Biology, 2023 - rupress.org
SARS-CoV-2 depends on host proteins for successful replication. In this issue, Williams et
al.(2023. J. Cell Biol. https://doi. org/10.1083/jcb. 202203060) report that the ER membrane …

Reticulons promote formation of ER-derived double-membrane vesicles that facilitate SARS-CoV-2 replication

JM Williams, YJ Chen, WJ Cho, AW Tai, B Tsai - Journal of Cell Biology, 2023 - rupress.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiologic agent for the
global COVID-19 pandemic, triggers the formation of endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-derived …

Identification of host dependency factors involved in SARS-CoV-2 replication organelle formation through proteomics and ultrastructural analysis

F Pahmeier, TM Lavacca, S Goellner… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Positive-strand RNA viruses subvert the cellular endomembrane system for the generation
of distinct compartments termed replication organelles (ROs) that harbor the site where viral …

The REEP5/TRAM1 complex binds SARS-CoV-2 NSP3 and promotes virus replication

J Li, Q Gui, FX Liang, J Sall, Q Zhang, Y Duan… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), like other coronaviruses,
replicates their genome in virus-induced cytosolic membrane-bound replication organelles …

The role of NSP6 in the biogenesis of the SARS-CoV-2 replication organelle

S Ricciardi, AM Guarino, L Giaquinto, EV Polishchuk… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2, like other coronaviruses, builds a membrane-bound replication
organelle to enable RNA replication. The SARS-CoV-2 replication organelle is composed of …

SARS-CoV-2 nsp3-4 suffice to form a pore shaping replication organelles

L Zimmermann, X Zhao, J Makroczyova… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Coronavirus replication is associated with the remodeling of cellular membranes resulting in
the formation of double-membrane vesicles (DMVs). Recently, a pore spanning DMV was …

Nanoscale cellular organization of viral RNA and proteins in SARS-CoV-2 replication organelles

L Andronov, M Han, Y Zhu, A Balaji, AR Roy… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The SARS-CoV-2 viral infection transforms host cells and produces special organelles in
many ways, and we focus on the replication organelles, the sites of replication of viral …

The life of SARS-CoV-2 inside cells: Replication–transcription complex assembly and function

Z Lou, Z Rao - Annual Review of Biochemistry, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The persistence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in
increasingly disruptive impacts, and it has become the most devastating challenge to global …

The cell edit: Looking at and beyond non-structural proteins to understand membrane rearrangement in coronaviruses

L Denker, AM Dixon - Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a positive-stranded RNA
virus that sits at the centre of the recent global pandemic. As a member of the coronaviridae …

Genome-wide analysis of the indispensable role of non-structural proteins in the replication of sars-cov-2

Y Jin, M Ouyang, T Yu, J Zhuang, W Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the process of replication and transcription of SARS-CoV-2 is essential for
antiviral strategy development. The replicase polyprotein is indispensable for viral …