Article
Implication of proprotein convertases in the processing and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 21 Jan 2005
Bergeron Eric, Vincent Martin J, Wickham Louise, Hamelin Josée, Basak Ajoy, Nichol Stuart T, Chrétien Michel, Seidah Nabil G
Abstract excerpt
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) is the etiological agent of SARS. Analysis of SARS-CoV spike glycoprotein (S) using recombinant plasmid and virus infections demonstrated that the S-precursor (proS) exists as a approximately 190 kDa endoplasmic reticulum form and a approximately 210 kDa Golgi-modified form. ProS is subsequently processed into two C-terminal proteins of approximately 110...
Topics
- Animals
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Furin
- Humans
- Mutation
- Proprotein Convertase 5
- Proprotein Convertases
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
- Subtilisins
