FAM134B Restricts African Swine Fever Virus Capsid Assembly via Reticulophagy and Its Antiviral Activity is Antagonized by the Viral Virulence‐Associated Factor pMGF300‐2R
Rui Luo, Jing Zhang, Ruojia Huang, Xianfeng Zhang, Lian‐Feng Li, Jing Lan, Zhanhao Lu, Yuan Sun, Tao Wang, Hua‐Ji Qiu · 2026
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Rui Luo and co-authors report a 2026 study of African swine fever, a severe viral disease of pigs and wild boar. The virus builds its outer shell inside a small zone near the cell center. The team asked how a host process that recycles parts of the cell, called reticulophagy, affects that shell building.
They found that a host protein, FAM134B, grabs key shell proteins and sends them to be broken down, which blocks shell assembly. The virus fights back with one of its own proteins, which targets FAM134B for removal. Pigs given a virus that lacked that viral protein had much weaker disease, which supports the finding.
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| CREATOR | Rui Luo, Jing Zhang, Ruojia Huang, Xianfeng Zhang, Lian‐Feng Li, Jing Lan, Zhanhao Lu, Yuan Sun, Tao Wang, Hua‐Ji Qiu |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 77 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |