Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Large scale discovery of coronavirus-host factor protein interaction motifs reveals SARS-CoV-2 specific mechanisms and vulnerabilities

  • Thomas Kruse,
  • Caroline Benz,
  • Dimitriya H. Garvanska,
  • Richard Lindqvist,
  • Filip Mihalic,
  • Fabian Coscia,
  • Raviteja Inturi,
  • Ahmed Sayadi,
  • Leandro Simonetti,
  • Emma Nilsson,
  • Muhammad Ali,
  • Johanna Kliche,
  • Ainhoa Moliner Morro,
  • Andreas Mund,
  • Eva Andersson,
  • Gerald McInerney,
  • Matthias Mann,
  • Per Jemth,
  • Norman E. Davey,
  • Anna K. Överby,
  • Jakob Nilsson,
  • Ylva Ivarsson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26498-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Many interactions between viral and host proteins are mediated by short peptide motifs. Here, using a phage-based viral peptide library, the authors identify 269 peptide-based interactions for 18 coronaviruses, including an interaction between SARS-CoV-2 N and G3BP1/2 that affects stress granules.