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ArticleScientific reports2017

Adenoviral E4 34K protein interacts with virus packaging components and may serve as the putative portal.

Yadvinder S Ahi, Ahmed O Hassan, Sai V Vemula, Kunpeng Li, Wen Jiang, Guang Jun Zhang, Suresh K Mittal

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yadvinder S AhiDepartment of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Ahmed O HassanDepartment of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Sai V VemulaDepartment of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Kunpeng LiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Wen JiangDepartment of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1292-2411
Guang Jun ZhangDepartment of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0839-5161
Suresh K MittalDepartment of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. mittal@purdue.edu.
Purdue University West Lafayette · USUnited States Military Academy · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies on dsDNA bacteriophages have revealed that a DNA packaging complex assembles at a special vertex called the 'portal vertex' and consists of a portal, a DNA packaging ATPase and other components. AdV protein IVa2 is presumed to function as a DNA packaging ATPase. However, a protein that functions as a portal is not yet identified in AdVs. To identify the AdV portal, we performed secondary structure analysis on a set of AdV proteins and compared them with the clip region of the portal proteins of bacteriophages phi29, SPP1 and T4. Our analysis revealed that the E4 34K protein of HAdV-C5 contains a region of strong similarity with the clip region of the known portal proteins. E4 34K was found to be present in empty as well as mature AdV particles. In addition, E4 34K co-immunoprecipitates and colocalizes with AdV packaging proteins. Immunogold electron microscopy demonstrated that E4 34K is located at a single site on the virus surface. Finally, tertiary structure prediction of E4 34K and its comparison with that of single subunits of Phi29, SPP1 and T4 portal proteins revealed remarkable similarity. In conclusion, our results suggest that E4 34K is the putative AdV portal protein.

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Virus AssemblyAdenovirus E4 ProteinsAdenoviruses, HumanCapsid ProteinsDNA, ViralHEK293 CellsHumansImmunoprecipitationMicroscopy, ImmunoelectronProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein Structure, TertiaryAdenovirus E4 ProteinsCapsid ProteinsDNA, Viral

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PMID28790440
PMCPMC5548797
OpenAlexW2741322885

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