Abstract
A variety of cellular reactions mediated by interactions among proteins and nucleic acids requires a series of proteins called molecular chaperones. The viral genome encodes relatively few kinds of viral proteins and, therefore, host-derived cellular factors are required for virus proliferation. Here we discuss those cellular proteins known as molecular chaperones, which are essential for the assembly of functional viral DNA/RNA replicons. The function of these molecular chaperones in the cellular context is also discussed.
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We gratefully acknowledge all the collaborators who have contributed to our research projects. In particular, we thank Drs. Fumitaka Momose (Kitasato University) and Tadasuke Naito (Kawasaki Medical School) for their efforts.
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The research work was supported in part by grants-in-aid from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (16H05192 for AK and 24115002 for KN).
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Sekiya, T., Hu, Y., Kato, K. et al. Assembly and remodeling of viral DNA and RNA replicons regulated by cellular molecular chaperones. Biophys Rev 10, 445–452 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-017-0333-z
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- Adenovirus
- Chromatin
- Influenza virus
- Molecular chaperone
- Ribonucleoprotein