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Crystal structure and mechanistic determinants of SARS coronavirus nonstructural protein 15 define an endoribonuclease family
2 Aug 2006
Abstract excerpt
The approximately 30-kb coronavirus (+)RNA genome is replicated and transcribed by a membrane-bound replicase complex made up of 16 viral nonstructural proteins (nsp) with multiple enzymatic activities. The complex includes an RNA endonuclease, NendoU, that is conserved among nidoviruses but no other RNA virus, making it a genetic marker of this virus order. NendoU (nsp15) is a Mn(2+)-dependent,...
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