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RNA Helicase A Regulates the Replication of RNA Viruses. Viruses 2021; 13:v13030361. [PMID: 33668948 PMCID: PMC7996507 DOI: 10.3390/v13030361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
The RNA helicase A (RHA) is a member of DExH-box helicases and characterized by two double-stranded RNA binding domains at the N-terminus. RHA unwinds double-stranded RNA in vitro and is involved in RNA metabolisms in the cell. RHA is also hijacked by a variety of RNA viruses to facilitate virus replication. Herein, this review will provide an overview of the role of RHA in the replication of RNA viruses.
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Xie Q, Liu J, Shan Y, Wang S, Liu F. Substrate Determinants for Unwinding Activity of the DExH/D-Box Protein RNA Helicase A. Biochemistry 2018; 57:6662-6668. [PMID: 30406989 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b01025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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RNA helicase A (RHA) as a member of the DExH/D-box subgroup of helicase superfamily II is involved in virtually all aspects of RNA metabolism. It exhibits robust RNA helicase activity in vitro. However, little is known about the molecular and physical determinants for RHA substrate recognition and RHA translocation along the nucleic acids. Here, our nondenaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE)-based unwinding assays of chemical and structural modified substrates indicate that RHA translocates efficiently along the 3' overhang of RNA, but not DNA, with a requirement of covalent continuity. Ribose-phosphate backbone lesions on both strands of the nucleic acids, especially on the 3' overhang of the loading strand, affect RHA unwinding significantly. Furthermore, RHA requires RNA on the 3' overhang which directly or indirectly connects with the duplex region to mediate productive unwinding. Collectively, these findings propose a basic mechanism of the substrate determinants for RHA backbone tracking during duplex unwinding.
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Affiliation(s)
- Qingyun Xie
- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Single Molecule Nanometry Laboratory (Sinmolab), College of Veterinary Medicine , Nanjing Agricultural University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210095 , China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Single Molecule Nanometry Laboratory (Sinmolab), College of Veterinary Medicine , Nanjing Agricultural University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210095 , China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Single Molecule Nanometry Laboratory (Sinmolab), College of Veterinary Medicine , Nanjing Agricultural University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210095 , China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Single Molecule Nanometry Laboratory (Sinmolab), College of Veterinary Medicine , Nanjing Agricultural University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210095 , China.,Computational Optics Laboratory, School of Science , Jiangnan University , Wuxi , Jiangsu 214122 , China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Single Molecule Nanometry Laboratory (Sinmolab), College of Veterinary Medicine , Nanjing Agricultural University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210095 , China
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New insights about ORF1 coding regions support the proposition of a new genus comprising arthropod viruses in the family Totiviridae. Virus Res 2016; 211:159-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2015.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Revised: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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