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AuthorKANEEZ, FATIMA
AuthorSHILU, MATHEW
AuthorMOHD, SUHAIL
AuthorESAM, AZHAR
AuthorGHAZI, DAMANHOURI
AuthorISHTIAQ, QADRI
Available date2018-03-20T06:03:25Z
Publication Date2018-03-01
Publication NameInternational Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
CitationIshtiaq Qadri et al. Architecture of Viral RNA Helicases; HCV Helicase as Antiviral Target. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Jan-Mar 2018, Vol 10, Issue 1
URIhttp://www.ijpronline.com/ViewArticleDetail.aspx?ID=5267
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/6438
AbstractAround 80% of known viruses comprise of RNA and its specific RNA helicases that are vital for most RNA metabolism includingpre-mRNA splicing, translation,initiation, and ribosome biogenesis. The viral helicases are crucial for theviral genome to replicate in thehostas well as emerge as antiviral targets. With these vital properties, viral helicases have recently arisen as novel targets for the curing viral infections. DExH box protein (DECH variant) in HCV NS3 resembles SF2 family helicases which remarkably show high sequence similarity to Vaccinia virus nucleoside triphosphate phosphohydrolase II (NPH-II) as well as Plum pox virus (PPV) RNA helicase (DECH variant) cylindrical inclusion is a DExH box that consists of the Potyviridae polyprotein domain (PP). In this review, we highlight the importance of such motifs in theunderstanding of viral helicases with implications in inhibition properties. Strategies are discussed to identify novel inhibitors that would block these motifs, leading into probably new kind of antiviral compounds. Due to alimitation in treatment options including 1) interferon resistance and 2) the presence of high rate of resistance in antiprotease inhibitor classes, the helicase and anti-helicase targets for alternate attractions.
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SubjectATP-dependent RNA Helicase
Hepatitis C/NS3 Helicase
Viral RNA Helicases
DExH/D box
TitleArchitecture of Viral RNA Helicases; HCV Helicase as Antiviral Target
TypeArticle Review
Pagination31 - 39
Issue Number1
Volume Number10
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