Scientific reports, 2022-02, Vol.12 (1), p.2420-2420, Article 2420
2022
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- The low abundance of CpG in the SARS-CoV-2 genome is not an evolutionarily signature of ZAP
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- Scientific reports, 2022-02, Vol.12 (1), p.2420-2420, Article 2420
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- London: Nature Publishing Group UK
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2022
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- MEDLINE
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- The zinc finger antiviral protein (ZAP) is known to restrict viral replication by binding to the CpG rich regions of viral RNA, and subsequently inducing viral RNA degradation. This enzyme has recently been shown to be capable of restricting SARS-CoV-2. These data have led to the hypothesis that the low abundance of CpG in the SARS-CoV-2 genome is due to an evolutionary pressure exerted by the host ZAP. To investigate this hypothesis, we performed a detailed analysis of many coronavirus sequences and ZAP RNA binding preference data. Our analyses showed neither evidence for an evolutionary pressure acting specifically on CpG dinucleotides, nor a link between the activity of ZAP and the low CpG abundance of the SARS-CoV-2 genome.
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- Englisch
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- ISSN: 2045-2322eISSN: 2045-2322DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06046-5Titel-ID: cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_bfce1208505e4d0ba6a555b16ef3bb64
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- 631/114, 631/208, Animals, Base Sequence, Binding Sites - genetics, Coronaviruses, COVID-19, COVID-19 - genetics, COVID-19 - virology, CpG islands, Dinucleoside Phosphates - genetics, Dinucleoside Phosphates - metabolism, Evolution, Evolution, Molecular, Genome, Viral - genetics, Genomes, Host-Pathogen Interactions - genetics, Humanities and Social Sciences, Humans, Hypotheses, multidisciplinary, Nucleotide Motifs - genetics, Protein Binding, Ribonucleic acid, RNA, RNA, Viral - genetics, RNA, Viral - metabolism, RNA-Binding Proteins - genetics, RNA-Binding Proteins - metabolism, SARS-CoV-2 - genetics, SARS-CoV-2 - physiology, Science, Science (multidisciplinary), Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, Virus Replication - genetics, Zinc finger proteins