SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid protein attenuates stress granule formation and interacts directly with mRNAs to impair host stress response (RNA-Seq)
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ABSTRACT: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nucleocapsid (N) protein is highly expressed upon infection and is essential for viral replication, making it a promising target for antiviral drug and vaccine development. Here, starting from a functional proteomics workflow, we catalogued the protein-protein interactions of 28 SARS-CoV-2 proteins in HEK293 cells, including an evolutionarily conserved specific interaction of N with the stress granule resident proteins G3BP1 and G3BP2. N protein localizes to stress granules and sequesters G3BP1 and G3BP2 away from their normal interaction partners, thus attenuating stress granule formation. N also binds directly to host mRNAs, with a preference for 3´ UTRs, and modulates target mRNA stability. We show that SARS-CoV-2 N protein rewires the G3BP1 mRNA-binding profile, thereby suppressing host gene expression changes induced in response to cellular stress.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE171009 | GEO | 2021/12/17
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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