Molecular BiologyPLoS PathogensPeer-reviewed
Maf/ham1-like pyrophosphatases of non-canonical nucleotides are host-specific partners of viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerases
Adrian A. Valli, Rafael García López, María Ribaya…·Juan Antonio Garcı́a
The paper shows that U/CBSV requires host-specific ITPase activity for infectivity in cassava but not in Nicotiana benthamiana, and that viral RdRP-ITPase binding optimizes fitness.
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