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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a grave threat to public health and the global economy. SARS-CoV-2 is closely related to the more lethal but less transmissible coronaviruses SARS-CoV-1 and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Here, we have carried out comparative viral-human proteinprotein interaction and viral protein localization analyses for all three viruses. Subsequent functional genetic screening identified host factors that functionally impinge on coronavirus proliferation, including Tom70, a mitochondrial chaperone protein that interacts with both SARS-CoV-1 and SARSCoV- 2 ORF9b, an interaction we structurally characterized using cryo-electron microscopy. Combining genetically validated host factors with both COVID-19 patient genetic data and medical billing records identified molecular mechanisms and potential drug treatments that merit further molecular and clinical study.
Original language | English |
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Article number | eabe9403 |
Number of pages | 28 |
Journal | Science (New York, N.Y.) |
Volume | 370 |
Issue number | 6521 |
Early online date | 15 Oct 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 4 Dec 2020 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General
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MRC PPU Covid Research
Alessi, D. (Investigator) & Davies, P. (Investigator)
18/10/20 → 17/07/21
Project: Research