Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2022
Keywords
Intrinsically Disordered Region, Intrinsically Disordered Protein, Hepatitis C Virus, Toll-like Receptors, Protein–protein Interactions, Disorder-to-order Transition, Posttranslational Modifications
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11071091
Abstract
In this study, we examined the interplay between protein intrinsic disorder, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and signaling pathways induced by Toll-like receptors (TLRs). To this end, 10 HCV proteins, 10 human TLRs, and 41 proteins from the TLR-induced downstream pathways were considered from the prevalence of intrinsic disorder. Mapping of the intrinsic disorder to the HCV-TLR interactome and to the TLR-based pathways of human innate immune response to the HCV infection demonstrates that substantial levels of intrinsic disorder are characteristic for proteins involved in the regulation and execution of these innate immunity pathways and in HCV-TLR interaction. Disordered regions, being commonly enriched in sites of various posttranslational modifications, may play important functional roles by promoting protein–protein interactions and support the binding of the analyzed proteins to other partners such as nucleic acids. It seems that this system represents an important illustration of the role of intrinsic disorder in virus–host warfare.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Biology, v. 11, issue 7, art. 1091
Scholar Commons Citation
Redwan, Elrashdy M.; Aljadawi, Abdullah A.; and Uversky, Vladimir N., "Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Intrinsic Disorder in the Signaling Pathways Induced by Toll-like Receptors" (2022). Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications. 1018.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mme_facpub/1018
