Spatial and temporal roles of SARS-CoV PLpro -A snapshot.
FASEB J
; 35(1): e21197, 2021 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1012122
ABSTRACT
SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 encode four structural and accessory proteins (spike, envelope, membrane and nucleocapsid proteins) and two polyproteins (pp1a and pp1ab). The polyproteins are further cleaved by 3C-like cysteine protease (3CLpro ) and papain-like protease (PLpro ) into 16 nonstructural proteins (nsps). PLpro is released from nsp3 through autocleavage, and then it cleaves the sites between nsp1/2, between nsp2/3 and between nsp3/4 with recognition motif of LXGG, and the sites in the C-terminus of ubiquitin and of protein interferon-stimulated gene 15 (ISG15) with recognition motif of RLRGG. Alone or together with SARS unique domain (SUD), PLpro can stabilize an E3 ubiquitin ligase, the ring-finger, and CHY zinc-finger domain-containing 1 (RCHY1), through domain interaction, and thus, promote RCHY1 to ubiquitinate its target proteins including p53. However, a dilemma appears in terms of PLpro roles. On the one hand, the ubiquitination of p53 is good for SARS-CoV because the ubiquitinated p53 cannot inhibit SARS-CoV replication. On the other hand, the ubiquitination of NF-κB inhibitor (IκBα), TNF receptor-associated factors (TRAFs), and stimulator of interferon gene (STING), and the ISGylation of targeted proteins are bad for SARS-CoV because these ubiquitination and ISGylation initiate the innate immune response and antiviral state. This mini-review analyzes the dilemma and provides a snapshot on how the viral PLpro smartly manages its roles to avoid its simultaneously contradictory actions, which could shed lights on possible strategies to deal with SARS-CoV-2 infections.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
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Coronavirus Papain-Like Proteases
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
FASEB J
Journal subject:
Biology
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Physiology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Fj.202002271
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