{"title":"Tip of the Iceberg: A New Wave of Iron–Sulfur Cluster Proteins Found in Viruses","authors":"Audrey L. Heffner, N. Maio","doi":"10.20944/preprints202312.1414.v1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Viruses rely on host cells to replicate their genomes and assemble new viral particles. Thus, they have evolved intricate mechanisms to exploit host factors. Host cells, in turn, have developed strategies to inhibit viruses, resulting in a nuanced interplay of co-evolution between virus and host. This dynamic often involves competition for resources crucial for both host cell survival and virus replication. Iron and iron-containing cofactors, including iron–sulfur clusters, are known to be a heavily fought for resource during bacterial infections, where control over iron can tug the war in favor of the pathogen or the host. It is logical to assume that viruses also engage in this competition. Surprisingly, our knowledge about how viruses utilize iron (Fe) and iron–sulfur (FeS) clusters remains limited. The handful of reviews on this topic primarily emphasize the significance of iron in supporting the host immune response against viral infections. The aim of this review, however, is to organize our current understanding of how viral proteins utilize FeS clusters, to give perspectives on what questions to ask next and to propose important avenues for future investigations.","PeriodicalId":13572,"journal":{"name":"Inorganics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Inorganics","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.1414.v1","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Viruses rely on host cells to replicate their genomes and assemble new viral particles. Thus, they have evolved intricate mechanisms to exploit host factors. Host cells, in turn, have developed strategies to inhibit viruses, resulting in a nuanced interplay of co-evolution between virus and host. This dynamic often involves competition for resources crucial for both host cell survival and virus replication. Iron and iron-containing cofactors, including iron–sulfur clusters, are known to be a heavily fought for resource during bacterial infections, where control over iron can tug the war in favor of the pathogen or the host. It is logical to assume that viruses also engage in this competition. Surprisingly, our knowledge about how viruses utilize iron (Fe) and iron–sulfur (FeS) clusters remains limited. The handful of reviews on this topic primarily emphasize the significance of iron in supporting the host immune response against viral infections. The aim of this review, however, is to organize our current understanding of how viral proteins utilize FeS clusters, to give perspectives on what questions to ask next and to propose important avenues for future investigations.
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Inorganics is an open access journal that covers all aspects of inorganic chemistry research. Topics include but are not limited to: synthesis and characterization of inorganic compounds, complexes and materials structure and bonding in inorganic molecular and solid state compounds spectroscopic, magnetic, physical and chemical properties of inorganic compounds chemical reactivity, physical properties and applications of inorganic compounds and materials mechanisms of inorganic reactions organometallic compounds inorganic cluster chemistry heterogenous and homogeneous catalytic reactions promoted by inorganic compounds thermodynamics and kinetics of significant new and known inorganic compounds supramolecular systems and coordination polymers bio-inorganic chemistry and applications of inorganic compounds in biological systems and medicine environmental and sustainable energy applications of inorganic compounds and materials MD