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CELL HOST & MICROBE
卷 4, 期 2, 页码 111-122出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2008.06.007
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [F32 GM077931, F32 GM077931-01, F32 GM077931-02, F32 GM077931-03] Funding Source: Medline
Transmission of avian influenza virus into human populations has the potential to cause pandemic outbreaks. A major determinant of species tropism is the identity of amino acid 627 in the PB2 subunit of the heterotrimeric influenza polymerase; glutamic acid predominates in avian PB2, whereas lysine occupies this position in human isolates. We show that a dominant inhibitory activity in human cells potently and selectively restricts the function of polymerases containing an avian-like PB2 with glutamic acid at residue 627. Restricted polymerases fail to assemble into ribonucleoprotein complexes, resulting in decreased genome transcription, replication, and virus production without any significant effect on relative viral infectivity. Understanding the molecular basis of this species-specific restriction should provide strategies to prevent and treat avian influenza outbreaks in humans.
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