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Cleavage preference distinguishes the two-component NS2B-NS3 serine proteinases of Dengue and West Nile viruses.
The Biochemical journal - 1 Feb 2007
Shiryaev Sergey A, Kozlov Igor A, Ratnikov Boris I, Smith Jeffrey W, Lebl Michal, Strongin Alex Y
Abstract excerpt
Regulated proteolysis of the polyprotein precursor by the NS2B-NS3 protease is required for the propagation of infectious virions. Unless the structural and functional parameters of NS2B-NS3 are precisely determined, an understanding of its functional role and the design of flaviviral inhibitors will be exceedingly difficult. Our objectives were to define the substrate recognition pattern of the NS2B-NS3 protease...
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