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UBL5 and Its Role in Viral Infections
Liancheng Xia1, Yanhua He1, Yifan Sui2
1Key Laboratory of Biosafety Defense (Naval Medical University), Ministry of Education, Naval Medical University (Second Military Medical University), Shanghai 200433, China.
Abstract:
Unlike other ubiquitin-like family members, UBL5 is structurally and functionally atypical, and a novel role in various biological processes and diseases has been discovered. UBL5 can stabilize the structure of the spliceosome, can promote post-transcriptional processing, and has been implicated in both DNA damage repair and protein unfolding reactions, as well as cellular mechanisms that are frequently exploited by viruses for their own proliferation during viral infections. In addition, UBL5 can inhibit viral infection by binding to the non-structural protein 3 of rice stripe virus and mediating its degradation. Therefore, UBL5 is an important link between viral infections and immunity, and its study will be beneficial for the prevention and treatment of viral infections in the future. However, a review of the current findings on the role of UBL5 in viral infection has not been undertaken. Therefore, in this review, we summarize the recent progress in understanding the functions of UBL5 and discuss its putative role in viral infections.
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