| Literature DB >> 24648458 |
Christian M Lange1, Pantxika Bellecave, Viet Loan Dao Thi, Huong T L Tran, François Penin, Darius Moradpour, Jérôme Gouttenoire.
Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) nonstructural protein 2 (NS2) is required for HCV polyprotein processing and particle assembly. It comprises an N-terminal membrane domain and a C-terminal, cytosolically oriented protease domain. Here, we demonstrate that the NS2 protease domain itself associates with cellular membranes. A single charged residue in the second α-helix of the NS2 protease domain is required for proper membrane association, NS2 protein stability, and efficient HCV polyprotein processing.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24648458 PMCID: PMC4093864 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00224-14
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103