The viral protein NSP1 acts as a ribosome gatekeeper for shutting down host translation and fostering SARS-CoV-2 translation
Antonin Tidu, Aurélie Janvier, Laure Schaeffer, Piotr Sosnowski, Lauriane Kühn, Philippe Hammann, Éric Westhof, Gilbert Eriani, Franck Martin
The paper identifies SL1, a cis-acting RNA hairpin in SARS-CoV-2 5UTR, as a key element enabling viral translation despite NSP1-mediated host translation inhibition.
RNA · Dec 2, 2020Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology