Virus Details


VHFID1847

Host Factor Information

Gene Name ZNF91
HF Protein Name Zinc finger protein 91
HF Function DENV restriction factor
Uniprot ID Q05481
Protein Sequence View Fasta Sequence
NCBI Gene ID 7644
Host Factor (HF) Name in Paper ZNF91
Gene synonyms N.A.
Ensemble Gene ID ENSG00000167232
Ensemble Transcript ENST00000300619 [Q05481-1];ENST00000397082 [Q05481-2]
KEGG ID Go to KEGG Database
Gene Ontology ID(s) GO:0000981, GO:0003677, GO:0003700, GO:0005634, GO:0006351, GO:0008270, GO:0045892, GO:0070895,
MINT ID N.A.
STRING Click to see interaction map
GWAS Analysis Click to see gwas analysis
OMIM ID 603971
PANTHER ID N.A.
PDB ID(s) N.A.,
pfam ID PF01352,
Drug Bank ID N.A.,
ChEMBL ID N.A.
Organism Homo sapiens (Human)

Pathogen Information

Virus Name Dengue virus 2
Virus Short Name DENV 2
Order Unassigned
Virus Family Flaviviridae
Virus Subfamily N.A.
Genus Flavivirus
Species Dengue virus
Host Human, mammals, mosquitoes and ticks
Cell Tropism Phagocytes, hepatocytes
Associated Disease Dengue fever
Mode of Transmission Arthropod bite, mainly mosquitoes
VIPR DB link http://www.viprbrc.org/brc/home.spg?decorator=flavi
ICTV DB link https://talk.ictvonline.org/ictv-reports/ictv_online_report/positive-sense-rna-viruses/w/flaviviridae
Virus Host DB link http://www.genome.jp/virushostdb/view/?virus_lineage=Flaviviridae

Publication Information

Paper Title Discovery of insect and human dengue virus host factors
Author's Name October M. Sessions, Nicholas J. Barrows, Jayme A. Souza-Neto, Timothy J. Robinson, Christine L. Hershey, Mary A. Rodgers, Jose L. Ramirez, George Dimopoulos, Priscilla L. Yang, James L. Pearson and Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco
Journal Name NATURE
Pubmed ID 19396146
Abstract Dengue fever (DF) is the most frequent arthropod-borne viral disease of humans, with almost half of the worlds population at risk of infection1. The high prevalence, lack of an effective vaccine, and absence of specific treatment conspire to make DF a global public health threat1, 2. Given their compact genomes, dengue viruses (DENV 1-4) and other flaviviruses likely require an extensive number of host factors however, only a limited number of human, and an even smaller number of insect host factors have been identified3-10. To discover insect host factors required for DENV-2 propagation, we carried out a genome-wide RNA interference screen in Drosophila melanogaster cells using a well-established 22,632 dsRNA library. This screen identified 116 candidate dengue virus host factors (DVHFs) (Supplementary Fig. 1). While some were previously associated with flaviviruses (e.g., V-ATPases and alpha-glucosidases)3-5, 7, 9, 10, most DVHFs were newly implicated in DENV propagation. The dipteran DVHFs had eighty-two readily recognizable human homologues and, using a targeted siRNA screen, we showed that forty-two of these are human DVHFs. This indicates remarkable conservation of required factors between dipteran and human hosts. This work suggests novel approaches to control infection in the insect vector and the mammalian host.
Used Model Drosophila D.Mel-2 cells
DOI 10.1038/nature07967