Compartmentalized replication organelle of flavivirus at the ER and the factors involved
Open Access
- 12 April 2021
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 78 (11), 4939-4954
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-021-03834-6
Abstract
Flaviviruses are positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses that pose a considerable threat to human health. Flaviviruses replicate in compartmentalized replication organelles derived from the host endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The characteristic architecture of flavivirus replication organelles includes invaginated vesicle packets and convoluted membrane structures. Multiple factors, including both viral proteins and host factors, contribute to the biogenesis of the flavivirus replication organelle. Several viral nonstructural (NS) proteins with membrane activity induce ER rearrangement to build replication compartments, and other NS proteins constitute the replication complexes (RC) in the compartments. Host protein and lipid factors facilitate the formation of replication organelles. The lipid membrane, proteins and viral RNA together form the functional compartmentalized replication organelle, in which the flaviviruses efficiently synthesize viral RNA. Here, we reviewed recent advances in understanding the structure and biogenesis of flavivirus replication organelles, and we further discuss the function of virus NS proteins and related host factors as well as their roles in building the replication organelle.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81622028, 31470813)
- CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (2016-I2M-3-020)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2016ZX310192, 2016RC310037, 2016RC310031)
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2020M670217)
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