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Dengue Virus Non-Structural Protein NS5
The dengue virus (DENV) belongs to genus Flavivirus, which also includes the West Nile Virus, Japanese Encephalitis Virus and Yellow Fever Virus. The mosquito-borne DENV causes dengue fever which can then progress to dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome. Endemic to the tropics and subtropics. It is mainly transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. Although there are 390 million dengue infections reported annually, no specific antiviral drug or vaccine has been developed yet.
There are four serotypes of the virus (DEN-1 – DEN-4). The viral genome codes for three structural proteins (capsid, membrane and envelope) and seven non-structural proteins (NS1, NS2A, NS2B, NS3, NS4A, NS4B and NS5). The NS5 primary sequence is generally well conserved across the serotypes and also shares some similarity with the NS5 protein of other flaviviruses.
Structure
DENV NS5 (4V0Q)
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References
- ↑ Bhatt S, Gething PW, Brady OJ, Messina JP, Farlow AW, Moyes CL, Drake JM, Brownstein JS, Hoen AG, Sankoh O, Myers MF, George DB, Jaenisch T, Wint GR, Simmons CP, Scott TW, Farrar JJ, Hay SI. The global distribution and burden of dengue. Nature. 2013 Apr 25;496(7446):504-7. doi: 10.1038/nature12060. Epub 2013 Apr 7. PMID:23563266 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature12060
- ↑ Potisopon S, Priet S, Collet A, Decroly E, Canard B, Selisko B. The methyltransferase domain of dengue virus protein NS5 ensures efficient RNA synthesis initiation and elongation by the polymerase domain. Nucleic Acids Res. 2014 Oct;42(18):11642-56. doi: 10.1093/nar/gku666. Epub 2014, Sep 10. PMID:25209234 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku666
- ↑ Zhao Y, Soh TS, Zheng J, Chan KW, Phoo WW, Lee CC, Tay MY, Swaminathan K, Cornvik TC, Lim SP, Shi PY, Lescar J, Vasudevan SG, Luo D. A Crystal Structure of the Dengue Virus NS5 Protein Reveals a Novel Inter-domain Interface Essential for Protein Flexibility and Virus Replication. PLoS Pathog. 2015 Mar 16;11(3):e1004682. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004682., eCollection 2015 Mar. PMID:25775415 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004682
