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Abstract
Bunyamwera virus (BUNV) is the prototype of the Orthobunyavirus genus and Bunyaviridae family that contains important human and animal pathogens. The cleavage mechanism of orthobunyavirus glycoprotein precursor (GPC) and the host proteases involved have not been clarified. Here we found that NSm and Gc contain their own internal signal peptides, which mediate the GPC cleavage by host signal peptidase and signal peptide peptidase (SPP). Furthermore, the NSm domain-I plays an important postcleavage role in cell fusion. Our data clarified the implication of host proteases in the processing of the orthobunyavirus GPC. This work identifies SPP as a potential intervention target, and the knowledge we gained will benefit preventive strategies against other orthobunyavirus infections.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 8825-8830 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Volume | 113 |
Issue number | 31 |
Early online date | 20 Jul 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Aug 2016 |
Keywords
- Bunyavirua
- Bunyamwera virus
- Glycoprotein precursor processing
- Signal peptidase
- Signal peptide peptidase
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MaXis ESI QTOF mass spectrometer: Equipment only grant-Mass spectrometers for Proteomics, Lipidomics and focused Metabolomics research
Botting, C. H. (PI), Elliott, R. M. (CoI), Randall, R. E. (CoI), Smith, T. K. (CoI) & White, M. (CoI)
1/08/11 → 31/07/14
Project: Standard