Translocation and unwinding mechanisms of RNA and DNA helicases

AM Pyle - Annu. Rev. Biophys., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Helicases and remodeling enzymes are ATP-dependent motor proteins that play a critical
role in every aspect of RNA and DNA metabolism. Most RNA-remodeling enzymes are …

Non-hexameric DNA helicases and translocases: mechanisms and regulation

TM Lohman, EJ Tomko, CG Wu - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2008 - nature.com
Helicases and nucleic acid translocases are motor proteins that have essential roles in
nearly all aspects of nucleic acid metabolism, ranging from DNA replication to chromatin …

Three conformational snapshots of the hepatitis C virus NS3 helicase reveal a ratchet translocation mechanism

M Gu, CM Rice - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
A virally encoded superfamily-2 (SF2) helicase (NS3h) is essential for the replication of
hepatitis C virus, a leading cause of liver disease worldwide. Efforts to elucidate the function …

Hepatitis C virus non-structural protein 3 (HCV NS3): a multifunctional antiviral target

KD Raney, SD Sharma, IM Moustafa… - Journal of Biological …, 2010 - ASBMB
Hepatitis C virus non-structural protein 3 contains a serine protease and an RNA helicase.
Protease cleaves the genome-encoded polyprotein and inactivates cellular proteins …

Single-molecule analysis and engineering of DNA motors

S Mohapatra, CT Lin, XA Feng, A Basu, T Ha - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Molecular motors are diverse enzymes that transduce chemical energy into mechanical
work and, in doing so, perform critical cellular functions such as DNA replication and …

Overview of HCV life cycle with a special focus on current and possible future antiviral targets

N Alazard-Dany, S Denolly, B Boson, FL Cosset - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis C infection is the leading cause of liver diseases worldwide and a major health
concern that affects an estimated 3% of the global population. Novel therapies available …

Cellular and molecular biology of HCV infection and hepatitis

H Tang, H Grisé - Clinical science, 2009 - portlandpress.com
HCV (hepatitis C virus) infects nearly 3% of the population worldwide and has emerged as a
major causative agent of liver disease, resulting in acute and chronic infections that can lead …

Hepatitis C virus NS2 protein contributes to virus particle assembly via opposing epistatic interactions with the E1-E2 glycoprotein and NS3-NS4A enzyme complexes

T Phan, RKF Beran, C Peters, IC Lorenz… - Journal of …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
The hepatitis C virus NS2 protein has been recently implicated in virus particle assembly. To
further understand the role of NS2 in this process, we conducted a reverse genetic analysis …

Hepatitis C virus replication

K Tabata, CJ Neufeldt… - Cold Spring …, 2020 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Replication and amplification of the viral genome is a key process for all viruses. For
hepatitis C virus (HCV), a positive-strand RNA virus, amplification of the viral genome …

Functional cross-talk between distant domains of chikungunya virus non-structural protein 2 is decisive for its RNA-modulating activity

PK Das, A Merits, A Lulla - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2014 - ASBMB
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) non-structural protein 2 (nsP2) is a multifunctional protein that is
considered a master regulator of the viral life cycle and a main viral factor responsible for …