Highly versatile small virus-encoded proteins in cellular membranes: A structural perspective on how proteins’ inherent conformational plasticity couples with host membranes’ properties to control cellular processes

Abstract excerpt

• Small virus-encoded proteins homo-oligomerize in cellular membranes and function as ion channels. • These proteins were combined in the family of viroporins. • Despite the similarity in their oligomeric structures and functions, these proteins have vastly different primary structures. • It is imperative to understand how proteins with no homology in their primary structures fulfill similar functions for diverse...

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