Virus Details


VHFID3957

Host Factor Information

Gene Name CYP51A1
HF Protein Name Lanosterol 14-alpha demethylase
HF Function Essential for astrovirus replication
Uniprot ID Q16850
Protein Sequence View Fasta Sequence
NCBI Gene ID 1595
Host Factor (HF) Name in Paper CYP51A1
Gene synonyms CYP51
Ensemble Gene ID ENSG00000001630
Ensemble Transcript ENST00000450723 [Q16850-2]
KEGG ID Go to KEGG Database
Gene Ontology ID(s) GO:0005506, GO:0005783, GO:0005789, GO:0005886, GO:0006694, GO:0006695, GO:0008398, GO:0016020, GO:0016021, GO:0016125, GO:0020037, GO:0031090, GO:0033488, GO:0045540,
MINT ID N.A.
STRING Click to see interaction map
GWAS Analysis Click to see gwas analysis
OMIM ID 601637
PANTHER ID N.A.
PDB ID(s) 3JUS, 3JUV, 3LD6, 4UHI, 4UHL,
pfam ID PF00067,
Drug Bank ID DB01167, DB01026, DB00916, DB01045, DB01153, DB01007,
ChEMBL ID CHEMBL3849
Organism Homo sapiens (Human)

Pathogen Information

Virus Name Human astrovirus
Virus Short Name HAstV
Order Nidovirales
Virus Family Astroviridae
Virus Subfamily N.A.
Genus Mamastrovirus
Species Human astrovirus
Host Human, mammals
Cell Tropism Enterocytes
Associated Disease Infantile gastroenteritis
Mode of Transmission Fecal-oral
VIPR DB link N.A.
ICTV DB link https://talk.ictvonline.org/ictv-reports/ictv_9th_report/positive-sense-rna-viruses-2011/w/posrna_viruses/247/astroviridae
Virus Host DB link N.A.

Publication Information

Paper Title Identification of Host Cell Factors Associated with Astrovirus Replication in Caco-2 Cells
Author's Name Andrea Murillo, Rosario Vera-Estrella, Bronwyn J. Barkla, Ernesto Mendez, Carlos F. Arias
Journal Name JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
Pubmed ID 26246569
Abstract Astroviruses are small, nonenveloped viruses with a single-stranded positive-sense RNA genome causing acute gastroenteritis in children and immunocompromised patients. Since positive-sense RNA viruses have frequently been found to replicate in association with membranous structures, in this work we characterized the replication of the human astrovirus serotype 8 strain Yuc8 in Caco-2cells, using density gradient centrifugation and free-flow zonal electrophoresis (FFZE) to fractionate cellular membranes. Structural and nonstructural viral proteins, positive- and negative-sense viral RNA, and infectious virus particles were found to be associated with a distinct population of membranes separated by FFZE. The cellular proteins associated with this membrane population in infected and mock-infected cells were identified by tandem mass spectrometry. The results indicated that membranes derived from multiple cellorganelles were present in the population. Gene ontology and protein-protein interaction network analysis showed that groups of proteins with roles in fatty acid synthesis and ATP biosynthesis were highly enriched in the fractions of this population in infected cells. Based on this information, we investigated by RNA interference the role that some of the identified proteins might have in the replicationcycle of the virus. Silencing of the expression of genes involved in cholesterol (DHCR7, CYP51A1) and fatty acid (FASN) synthesis, phosphatidylinositol (PI4KIIIbeta) and inositol phosphate (ITPR3) metabolism, and RNA helicase activity (DDX23) significantly decreased the amounts of Yuc8 genomic and antigenomic RNA, synthesis of the structural protein VP90, and virus yield. These results strongly suggest that astrovirus RNA replication and particle assembly take place in association with modified membranes potentially derived from multiple cell organelles.
Used Model Caco-2 cells
DOI 10.1128/JVI.01225-15