RNA silencing suppressor

RNA silencing suppressor are viral proteins which suppress the silencing RNA (siRNA) that are part of the plant antiviral defense mechanism^[1]. For details see

• Tomato aspermy virus protein 2b Suppression of RNA Silencing
  
• Suppression of RNA Silencing by Viruses.

3D structures of RNA silencing suppressor

Updated on 08-March-2022

2zi0 – TAV2B + siRNA – Tomato aspermy virus

3ajf – NS3 protein helix domain – Rice hoja blanca virus
2cwo – P21 – Beet yellows virus
1r9f, 4j39, 4j5v, 4jgn, 4jk0, 4jnx, 4knq, 4ktg – TbsvP19 + siRNA – Tomato bushy stunt virus
4knq, 4kq0 – TbsvP19 (mutant) + siRNA
1rpu, 6bjv – CirvP19 + siRNA – Carnation Italian ringspot virus
6bjg, 6bjh – CirvP19 (mutant) + siRNA
6ty0 – RymvP1 N-terminal – Rice yellow mottle virus
6ty2 – RymvP1 C-terminal

References

1. ↑ Bivalkar-Mehla S, Vakharia J, Mehla R, Abreha M, Kanwar JR, Tikoo A, Chauhan A. Viral RNA silencing suppressors (RSS): novel strategy of viruses to ablate the host RNA interference (RNAi) defense system. Virus Res. 2011 Jan;155(1):1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2010.10.003. Epub 2010, Oct 14. PMID:20951748 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2010.10.003