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Interdomain Flexibility of Chikungunya Virus nsP2 Helicase-Protease Differentially Influences Viral RNA Replication and Infectivity.
Journal of virology - 24 Feb 2021
Law Yee-Song, Wang Sainan, Tan Yaw Bia, Shih Orion, Utt Age, Goh Wei Yang, Lian Bing-Jun, Chen Ming Wei, Jeng U-Ser, Merits Andres, Luo Dahai
Abstract excerpt
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus responsible for chikungunya fever. Nonstructural protein 2 (nsP2), a multifunctional protein essential for viral replication, has an N-terminal helicase region (nsP2h), which has both nucleotide triphosphatase and RNA triphosphatase activities, as well as a C-terminal cysteine protease region (nsP2p), which is responsible for nonstructural polyprotein...
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