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Picornaviral 3C cysteine proteinases have a fold similar to chymotrypsin-like serine proteinases.
Nature - 5 May 1994
Allaire M, Chernaia M M, Malcolm B A, James M N
Abstract excerpt
The picornavirus family includes several pathogens such as poliovirus, rhinovirus (the major cause of the common cold), hepatitis A virus and the foot-and-mouth disease virus. Picornaviral proteins are expressed by direct translation of the genomic RNA into a single, large polyprotein precursor. Proteolysis of the viral polyprotein into the mature proteins is assured by the viral 3C enzymes, which are cysteine...
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