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Acta Virologica Vol.61, No.1, p.39-47, 2017

Title: Identification of potential molecular associations between chikungunya virus non-structural protein 2 and human host proteins
Author: J. RANA, S. GULATI, S. RAJASEKHARAN, A. GUPTA, V. CHAUDHARY, S. GUPTA
Abstract: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) non-structural protein 2 (nsP2) is considered to be the master regulator of viral RNA replication and host responses generated during viral infection. This protein has two main functional domains: an N-terminal domain which exhibits NTPase, RNA triphosphatase and helicase activities and a C-terminal protease domain. Understanding how CHIKV nsP2 interacts with its host proteins is essential for elucidating all the required processes for viral replication and pathogenesis along with the identification of potential targets for antiviral therapy. In current study yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) screening of a human fetal brain cDNA library was performed using nsP2 protein as bait. The analysis identified seven host proteins (CCDC130, CPNE6, POLR2C, MAPK9, EIF4A2, EEF1A1 and EIF3I) as putative interactors of CHIKV nsP2 which were selected for further analysis based on their roles in host cellular machinery. The gene ontology analysis indicates that these proteins are mainly involved in apoptosis, transcription and translational mechanism of host cell. Domain mapping of nsP2 revealed that these associations are not random connections but instead they have functional significance. Further studies to identify the amino acid residues and their chemical interactions that may help in opening new possibilities for preventing these interactions, thus reducing chances of chikungunya infection were performed. This study expands the understanding of CHIKV-host interactions and is important for rational approaches of discovering new antiviral agents.
Keywords: chikungunya virus; non-structural protein 2; host-virus interactome; yeast two-hybrid; pull down; ELISA
Published online: 28-Feb-2017
Year: 2017, Volume: 61, Issue: 1 Page From: 39, Page To: 47
doi:10.4149/av_2017_01_39


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