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Phosphorylation of HPV-16 E2 at serine 243 enables binding to Brd4 and mitotic chromosomes.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Chang Szu-Wei, Liu Wei-Chen, Liao Kuan-Yu, Tsao Yeou-Ping, Hsu Pang-Hung, Chen Show-Li
Abstract excerpt
The papillomavirus E2 protein is involved in the maintenance of persistent infection and known to bind either to cellular factors or directly to mitotic chromosomes in order to partition the viral genome into the daughter cells. However, how the HPV-16 E2 protein acts to facilitate partitioning of the viral genome remains unclear. In this study, we found that serine 243 of HPV-16 E2, located in the hinge region,...
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