Structural and molecular properties of mumps virus inclusion bodies

Hiroshi Katoh, Ryuichi Kimura, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Kohei Matsuoka, Mika Hosogi, Yuki Kitai, Yukiko Akahori, Fumihiro Kato, Michiyo Kataoka, Hirotaka Kobayashi, Noriyo Nagata, Tadaki Suzuki, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Shinya Oki, Makoto Takeda · 2024

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Hiroshi Katoh and a large team of co-authors report, in a 2024 study, how the mumps virus builds its work sites inside cells. Like its relatives, the virus copies its RNA inside small droplets called inclusion bodies, which have no membrane. The team wanted to know how these droplets are built and what they hold.

Fine imaging showed the virus's shell and helper proteins form a cage-like frame, while the copying enzyme spreads in a net pattern with the viral RNA. A scan of host RNAs inside the droplets found many with a knotted motif called G4. In lab tests, those RNAs bound the helper protein and helped droplets form. The work names a host factor the virus relies on.

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CREATORHiroshi Katoh, Ryuichi Kimura, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Kohei Matsuoka, Mika Hosogi, Yuki Kitai, Yukiko Akahori, Fumihiro Kato, Michiyo Kataoka, Hirotaka Kobayashi, Noriyo Nagata, Tadaki Suzuki, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Shinya Oki, Makoto Takeda
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
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VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11623304

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