Structural and functional analyses of hepatitis B virus X protein BH3-like domain and Bcl-xL interaction
oleh: Tian-Ying Zhang, Hong-Ying Chen, Jia-Li Cao, Hua-Long Xiong, Xiao-Bing Mo, Tian-Liang Li, Xiao-Zhen Kang, Jing-Hua Zhao, Bo Yin, Xiang Zhao, Cheng-Hao Huang, Quan Yuan, Ding Xue, Ning-Shao Xia, Y. Adam Yuan
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2019-07-01 |
Deskripsi
Hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) binds anti-apoptotic Bcl-xL through its BH3-like motif to promote viral replication. Here, the authors provide the structure of the HBx BH3-like domain and Bcl-xL, which shows an unusual mode of interaction, and identify a short peptide that inhibits HBV replication in cultured human hepatic cells.