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The putative protein 6 of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus: expression and functional
Hua Geng1, Yuet-Man Liu, Wai-Sing Chan
1Department of Biochemistry, MMW509C, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Abstract:
The SARS-CoV open reading frame 6 (ORF6) is transcribed into mRNA6 and encodes a putative 7.5 kDa accessory protein, SARS 6, with unknown function. In this study, we have confirmed the SARS 6 protein expression in lung and intestine tissues of the SARS patients and in SARS-CoV infected Vero E6 cells by immunohistochemistry. Further studies by immunoblot and confocal microscopy analyses revealed the expression and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) localization of the recombinant SARS 6 protein in mammalian cells. Expression of SARS 6 protein in mammalian cells elicits biological activity of stimulating cellular DNA synthesis.
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