Communications Biology (May 2022)

SARS-CoV-2 ORF6 disrupts nucleocytoplasmic trafficking to advance viral replication

  • Yoichi Miyamoto,
  • Yumi Itoh,
  • Tatsuya Suzuki,
  • Tomohisa Tanaka,
  • Yusuke Sakai,
  • Masaru Koido,
  • Chiaki Hata,
  • Cai-Xia Wang,
  • Mayumi Otani,
  • Kohji Moriishi,
  • Taro Tachibana,
  • Yoichiro Kamatani,
  • Yoshihiro Yoneda,
  • Toru Okamoto,
  • Masahiro Oka

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03427-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The SARS-CoV-2 ORF6, an antagonist of interferon-mediated antiviral signaling, directly binds to STAT1 and prevents its nuclear localization.