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Comparative Structural and Functional Analysis of Bunyavirus and Arenavirus Cap-Snatching Endonucleases
15 Jun 2016
Abstract excerpt
Segmented negative strand RNA viruses of the arena-, bunya- and orthomyxovirus families uniquely carry out viral mRNA transcription by the cap-snatching mechanism. This involves cleavage of host mRNAs close to their capped 5' end by an endonuclease (EN) domain located in the N-terminal region of the viral polymerase. We present the structure of the cap-snatching EN of Hantaan virus, a bunyavirus belonging to...
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