Journal
VIRUSES-BASEL
Volume 4, Issue 10, Pages 2049-2079Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/v4102049
Keywords
arenavirus; assembly; budding
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- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [24659209] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Arenaviruses have a bisegmented negative-strand RNA genome, which encodes four viral proteins: GP and NP by the S segment and L and Z by the L segment. These four viral proteins possess multiple functions in infection, replication and release of progeny viruses from infected cells. The small RING finger protein, Z protein is a matrix protein that plays a central role in viral assembly and budding. Although all arenaviruses encode Z protein, amino acid sequence alignment showed a huge variety among the species, especially at the C-terminus where the L-domain is located. Recent publications have demonstrated the interactions between viral protein and viral protein, and viral protein and host cellular protein, which facilitate transportation and assembly of viral components to sites of virus egress. This review presents a summary of current knowledge regarding arenavirus assembly and budding, in comparison with other enveloped viruses. We also refer to the restriction of arenavirus production by the antiviral cellular factor, Tetherin/BST-2.
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