Phosphorylation of the arginine/serine dipeptide-rich motif of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus nucleocapsid protein modulates its multimerization, translation inhibitory activity and cellular localization

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4152-4163

  Peng, Tsui Yi ^a,b   Lee, Kuan Rong ^b   Tarn, Woan Yuh ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; Nucleocapsid protein; Phosphorylation; RS domain; Stress granules

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DIPEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE KINASE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SERINE;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL GRANULE; CELL STRESS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; CELL LINE; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DIPEPTIDES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE;

CORONAVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 48249105910     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06564.x     Document Type: Article

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