The role of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-Coronavirus Accessory Proteins in Virus Pathogenesis

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dc.contributor.authorMcBride, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorFielding, Burtram C.
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-06T20:49:51Z
dc.date.available2014-01-06T20:49:51Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractA respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus, termed the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), was first reported in China in late 2002. The subsequent efficient human-to-human transmission of this virus eventually affected more than 30 countries worldwide, resulting in a mortality rate of ~10% of infected individuals. The spread of the virus was ultimately controlled by isolation of infected individuals and there has been no infections reported since April 2004. However, the natural reservoir of the virus was never identified and it is not known if this virus will re-emerge and, therefore, research on this virus continues. The SARS-CoV genome is about 30 kb in length and is predicted to contain 14 functional open reading frames (ORFs). The genome encodes for proteins that are homologous to known coronavirus proteins, such as the replicase proteins (ORFs 1a and 1b) and the four major structural proteins: nucleocapsid (N), spike (S), membrane (M) and envelope (E). SARS-CoV also encodes for eight unique proteins, called accessory proteins, with no known homologues. This review will summarize the current knowledge on SARS-CoV accessory proteins and will include: (i) expression and processing; (ii) the effects on cellular processes; and (iii) functional studies.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationMcBride, R. & Fielding, B.C. (2012). The role of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-Coronavirus Accessory Proteins in Virus Pathogenesis. Viruses, 4: 2902-2923en_US
dc.identifier.issn1999-4915
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/916
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rights© 2012 McBride & Fielding; licensee MDPI. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v4112902
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectSARS-coronavirusen_US
dc.subjectAccessory proteinen_US
dc.subjectOpen reading framesen_US
dc.subjectRespiratory disease 1en_US
dc.titleThe role of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-Coronavirus Accessory Proteins in Virus Pathogenesisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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