eLife (Mar 2023)

Learning more about hepatitis E virus

Altaira D Dearborn,
Ashish Kumar,
Joseph Marcotrigiano

Affiliations

Altaira D Dearborn: ORCiD; Structural Virology Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
Ashish Kumar: Structural Virology Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
Joseph Marcotrigiano: ORCiD; Structural Virology Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.87047
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12

Abstract

A domain in the ORF1 polyprotein of the hepatitis E virus that was previously thought to be a protease is actually a zinc-binding domain.

Published in eLife

ISSN: 2050-084X (Online)
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://elifesciences.org

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