Journal
VIRUS RESEARCH
Volume 206, Issue -, Pages 62-73Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2015.01.012
Keywords
Untranslated regions; Translation control; IRES elements; RNA structure; RNA-protein interactions; Host factors
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- MINECO [BFU2011-25437, CSD2009-00080]
- Fundacion Ramon Areces
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Internal ribosome entry site (IRES) elements were discovered in picomaviruses. These elements are cis-acting RNA sequences that adopt diverse three-dimensional structures and recruit the translation machinery using a 5' end-independent mechanism assisted by a subset of translation initiation factors and various RNA binding proteins termed IRES transacting factors (ITAFs). Many of these factors suffer important modifications during infection including cleavage by picornavirus proteases, changes in the phosphorylation level and/or redistribution of the protein from the nuclear to the cytoplasm compartment. Picornavirus IRES are amongst the most potent elements described so far. However, given their large diversity and complexity, the mechanistic basis of its mode of action is not yet fully understood. This review is focused to describe recent advances on the studies of RNA structure and RNA-protein interactions modulating picornavirus IRES activity. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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