Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

NUDT2 initiates viral RNA degradation by removal of 5′-phosphates

  • Beatrice T. Laudenbach,
  • Karsten Krey,
  • Quirin Emslander,
  • Line Lykke Andersen,
  • Alexander Reim,
  • Pietro Scaturro,
  • Sarah Mundigl,
  • Christopher Dächert,
  • Katrin Manske,
  • Markus Moser,
  • Janos Ludwig,
  • Dirk Wohlleber,
  • Andrea Kröger,
  • Marco Binder,
  • Andreas Pichlmair

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27239-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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RNA of some viruses is protected from degradation by a 5′ triphosphate group. Here the authors identify nudix hydrolase 2 (NUDT2) as novel antiviral defense protein that dephosphorylates viral RNA and thereby enables its degradation.