Coronavirus accessory protein ORF3 biology and its contribution to viral behavior and pathogenesis

F Si, S Song, R Yu, Z Li, W Wei, C Wu - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Coronavirus porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is classified in the genus
Alphacoronavirus, family Coronaviridae that encodes the only accessory protein, ORF3 …

Contribution to pathogenesis of accessory proteins of deadly human coronaviruses

J Hurtado-Tamayo, R Requena-Platek… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Coronaviruses (CoVs) are enveloped and positive-stranded RNA viruses with a large
genome (∼ 30kb). CoVs include essential genes, such as the replicase and four genes …

Genetic diversity and molecular epidemiology of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in dromedaries in Ethiopia, 2017–2020

Z Zhou, A Ali, E Walelign, GF Demissie… - Emerging microbes & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is enzootic in dromedary
camels and causes zoonotic infection and disease in humans. Although over 80% of the …

Multiple E3 ligases act as antiviral factors against SARS-CoV-2 via inducing the ubiquitination and degradation of ORF9b

M Yu, J Li, W Gao, Z Li, W Zhang - Journal of Virology, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) open reading frame 9b
(ORF9b) antagonizes the antiviral type I and III interferon (IFN) responses and is …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a positively regulates NF-κB activity by enhancing IKKβ-NEMO interaction

Y Nie, L Mou, Q Long, D Deng, R Hu, J Cheng, J Wu - Virus Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-
2 infection. Patients with severe COVID-19 exhibit robust induction of proinflammatory …

UBR5 acts as an antiviral host factor against MERS-CoV via promoting ubiquitination and degradation of ORF4b

Y Zhou, R Zheng, D Liu, S Liu, C Disoma, S Li… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Within the past 2 decades, three highly pathogenic human coronaviruses have emerged,
namely, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), Middle East …

A perspective on newly emerging proteolysis-targeting strategies in antimicrobial drug discovery

J Venkatesan, D Murugan, L Rangasamy - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Targeted protein degradation is a new aspect in the field of drug discovery. Traditionally,
developing an antibiotic includes tedious and expensive processes, such as drug screening …

A Cullin 5-based complex serves as an essential modulator of ORF9b stability in SARS-CoV-2 replication

Y Zhou, Z Chen, S Liu, S Liu, Y Liao, A Du… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
The ORF9b protein, derived from the nucleocapsid's open-reading frame in both SARS-CoV
and SARS-CoV-2, serves as an accessory protein crucial for viral immune evasion by …

A glimpse into viral warfare: decoding the intriguing role of highly pathogenic coronavirus proteins in apoptosis regulation

L Cheng, Y Rui, Y Wang, S Chen, J Su… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2024 - Springer
Coronaviruses employ various strategies for survival, among which the activation of
endogenous or exogenous apoptosis stands out, with viral proteins playing a pivotal role …

Targeting epidermal growth factor receptor signalling pathway: A promising therapeutic option for COVID‐19

A Razzaq, C Disoma, Y Zhou, S Tao… - Reviews in Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) is continuously
producing new variants, necessitating effective therapeutics. Patients are not only …