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Intramembrane processing by signal peptide peptidase regulates the membrane localization of hepatitis C virus core protein and viral propagation.
Journal of virology - 1 Sept 2008
Okamoto Kiyoko, Mori Yoshio, Komoda Yasumasa, Okamoto Toru, Okochi Masayasu, Takeda Masatoshi, Suzuki Tetsuro, Moriishi Kohji, Matsuura Yoshiharu
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) core protein has shown to be localized in the detergent-resistant membrane (DRM), which is distinct from the classical raft fraction including caveolin, although the biological significance of the DRM localization of the core protein has not been determined. The HCV core protein is cleaved off from a precursor polyprotein at the lumen side of Ala(191) by signal peptidase and is then...
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