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    S-acylation of influenza virus proteins: Are enzymes for fatty acid attachment promising drug targets? (2015)

    Art
    Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag
    Autoren
    Veit, Michael (WE 5)
    Siche, Stefanie (WE 5)
    Quelle
    Vaccine
    Bandzählung: 33
    Heftzählung: 49
    Seiten: 7002 – 7007
    ISSN: 0264-410x
    Verweise
    DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.08.095
    Pubmed: 26387429
    Kontakt
    Institut für Virologie

    Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13
    14163 Berlin
    +49 30 838 51833
    virologie@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

    Abstract / Zusammenfassung

    Covalent attachment of saturated fatty acids (palmitate and stearate) to hemagglutinin (HA) of influenza virus is a protein modification essential for viral replication. The enzymes catalysing acylation of viral proteins have not been identified, but likely candidates that acylate cellular substrates are members of a protein family that contain a DHHC (Asp-His-His-Cys) cysteine-rich domain. Since 23 DHHC-proteins with distinct, only partly overlapping substrate specificities are present in humans, only a few of them might acylate HA in airway cells of the lung. We argue here that these DHHC-proteins might be promising drug targets since their blockade should result in suppression of viral replication, while acylation of cellular proteins will not be (or very little) compromised.