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Interaction of hantavirus nucleocapsid protein with ribosomal protein S19
Absarul Haque1, Mohammad A Mir
1Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66103, USA.
Abstract:
Hantaviruses, members of the Bunyaviridae family, are emerging category A pathogens that initiate the translation of their capped mRNAs by a novel mechanism mediated by viral nucleocapsid protein (N). N specifically binds to the mRNA 5' m7G cap and 40S ribosomal subunit, a complex of 18S rRNA and multiple ribosomal proteins. Here, we show that N specifically interacts with the ribosomal protein S19 (RPS19), located at the head region of the 40S subunit. We suggest that this N-RPS19 interaction facilitates ribosome loading on capped mRNAs during N-mediated translation initiation.
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