[HTML][HTML] Protein arginine methylation in viral infection and antiviral immunity

K Zheng, S Chen, Z Ren, Y Wang - International journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Protein arginine methyltransferase (PRMT)-mediated arginine methylation is an important
post-transcriptional modification that regulates various cellular processes including …

Identification of small molecule inhibitors of G3BP-driven stress granule formation

BD Freibaum, J Messing, H Nakamura… - Journal of Cell …, 2024 - rupress.org
Stress granule formation is triggered by the release of mRNAs from polysomes and is
promoted by the action of the RNA-binding proteins G3BP1/2. Stress granules have been …

The NSP3 protein of SARS-CoV-2 binds fragile X mental retardation proteins to disrupt UBAP2L interactions

DH Garvanska, RE Alvarado, FO Mundt, R Lindqvist… - EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
Viruses interact with numerous host factors to facilitate viral replication and to dampen
antiviral defense mechanisms. We currently have a limited mechanistic understanding of …

Unveiling the role of PUS7-mediated pseudouridylation in host protein interactions specific for the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome

R Giambruno, E Zacco, C Ugolini, A Vandelli… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2023 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a positive single-stranded
RNA virus, engages in complex interactions with host cell proteins throughout its life cycle …

A closer look at mammalian antiviral condensates

JM Watkins, JM Burke - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2024 - portlandpress.com
Several biomolecular condensates assemble in mammalian cells in response to viral
infection. The most studied of these are stress granules (SGs), which have been proposed to …

G3BP1-dependent condensation of translationally inactive viral RNAs antagonizes infection

JM Burke, OC Ratnayake, JM Watkins, R Perera… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
G3BP1 is an RNA binding protein that condenses untranslating messenger RNAs into stress
granules (SGs). G3BP1 is inactivated by multiple viruses and is thought to antagonize viral …

Replication properties of a contemporary Zika virus from West Africa

D Machmouchi, MP Courageot… - PLOS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Zika virus (ZIKV) has become a global health problem over the past decade due to the
extension of the geographic distribution of the Asian/American genotype. Recent epidemics …

The SARS‐CoV‐2 nucleocapsid protein suppresses innate immunity by remodeling stress granules to atypical foci

S He, H Gou, Y Zhou, C Wu, X Ren, X Wu… - The FASEB …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Viruses deploy multiple strategies to suppress the host innate immune response to facilitate
viral replication and pathogenesis. Typical G3BP1+ stress granules (SGs) are usually …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 hijacks fragile X mental retardation proteins for efficient infection

DH Garvanska, RE Alvarado, FO Mundt, E Nilsson… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Viruses interact with numerous host factors to facilitate viral replication and to dampen
antiviral defense mechanisms. We currently have a limited mechanistic understanding of …

The roles of nuclear orphan receptor NR2F6 in anti-viral innate immunity

C Yang, CY Wang, QY Long, Z Cao, ML Wei… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Proper transcription regulation by key transcription factors, such as IRF3, is critical for anti-
viral defense. Dynamics of enhancer activity play important roles in many biological …