Virus Details


VHFID5244

Host Factor Information

Gene Name PGD
HF Protein Name 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating
HF Function Essential for virus replication
Uniprot ID P52209
Protein Sequence View Fasta Sequence
NCBI Gene ID 5226
Host Factor (HF) Name in Paper PGD
Gene synonyms PGDH
Ensemble Gene ID ENSG00000142657
Ensemble Transcript ENST00000270776 [P52209-1]
KEGG ID Go to KEGG Database
Gene Ontology ID(s) GO:0004616, GO:0005634, GO:0005829, GO:0006098, GO:0009051, GO:0019322, GO:0019521, GO:0055114, GO:0070062,
MINT ID N.A.
STRING Click to see interaction map
GWAS Analysis Click to see gwas analysis
OMIM ID 172200
PANTHER ID N.A.
PDB ID(s) 2JKV, 4GWG, 4GWK,
pfam ID PF00393, PF03446,
Drug Bank ID DB02076, DB00851, DB00695, DB00789, DB00920, DB00814, DB00563, DB03962, DB00867,
ChEMBL ID CHEMBL3404
Organism Homo sapiens (Human)

Pathogen Information

Virus Name Swine flue virus
Virus Short Name H1N1
Order Unassigned
Virus Family Orthomyxoviridae
Virus Subfamily N.A.
Genus Influenzavirus A
Species Influenza A virus
Host Aquatic birds, human, pig, horse, seals
Cell Tropism Epithelial respiratory cells
Associated Disease Acute febrile respiratory tract infection
Mode of Transmission Respiratory and by animal contact (in human), fecal-oral route from contaminated water (in birds )
VIPR DB link http://www.genome.jp/virushostdb/view/?virus_lineage=Orthomyxoviridae
ICTV DB link https://talk.ictvonline.org/ictv-reports/ictv_9th_report/negative-sense-rna-viruses-2011/w/negrna_viruses/209/orthomyxoviridae
Virus Host DB link http://www.genome.jp/virushostdb/view/?virus_lineage=Orthomyxoviridae

Publication Information

Paper Title Drosophila RNAi screen identifies host genes important for influenza virus replication
Author's Name Linhui Hao, Akira Sakurai, Tokiko Watanabe, Ericka Sorensen, Chairul A. Nidom, Michael A. Newton, Paul Ahlquist and Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Journal Name Nature
Pubmed ID 18615016
Abstract All viruses rely on host cell proteins and their associated mechanisms to complete the viral life cycle. Identifying the host molecules that participate in each step of virus replication could provide valuable new targets for antiviral therapy, but this goal may take several decades to achieve with conventional forward genetic screening methods and mammalian cell cultures. Here we describe a novel genome-wide RNA interference (RNAi) screen in Drosophila that can be used to identify host genes important for influenza virus replication. After modifying influenza virus to allow infection of Drosophila cells and detection of influenza virus gene expression, we tested an RNAi library against 13,071 genes (90% of the Drosophila genome), identifying over 100 for which suppression in Drosophila cells significantly inhibited or stimulated reporter gene (Renilla luciferase) expression from an influenza-virus-derived vector. The relevance of these findings to influenza virus infection of mammalian cells is illustrated for a subset of the Drosophila genes identified that is, for three implicated Drosophila genes, the corresponding human homologues ATP6V0D1, COX6A1 and NXF1 are shown to have key functions in the replication of H5N1 and H1N1 influenza A viruses, but not vesicular stomatitis virus or vaccinia virus, in human HEK 293 cells. Thus, we have demonstrated the feasibility of using genome-wide RNAi screens in Drosophila to identify previously unrecognized host proteins that are required for influenza virus replication. This could accelerate the development of new classes of antiviral drugs for chemoprophylaxis and treatment, which are urgently needed given the obstacles to rapid development of an effective vaccine against pandemic influenza and the probable emergence of strains resistant to available drugs.
Used Model MDCK, HEK 293,BHK cells, D-Mel2 and DL1 cells
DOI 10.1038/nature07151