The leader proteins of Theiler's virus and Boone cardiovirus use a combination of Short Linear Motifs (SLiMs) to target RSK kinases to the nuclear pore complex.
Belén Lizcano-Perret, Fanny Wavreil, Martin Veinstein, Camille Duflos, Romane Milcamps, Frédéric Sorgeloos, Thomas Michiels
This paper identifies a second SLiM in cardiovirus L proteins that enables RSK kinases to target the nuclear pore complex via RAE1 interaction.
Journal of Virology · Sep 10, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology