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Fatal attraction: The roles of ribosomal proteins in the viral life cycle
Author(s) -
Miller Clare M.,
Selvam Sangeetha,
Fuchs Gabriele
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: rna
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.225
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1757-7012
pISSN - 1757-7004
DOI - 10.1002/wrna.1613
Subject(s) - attraction , ribosomal protein , biology , ribosomal rna , evolutionary biology , computational biology , virology , genetics , ribosome , rna , philosophy , gene , linguistics
Upon viral infection of a host cell, each virus starts a program to generate many progeny viruses. Although viruses interact with the host cell in numerous ways, one critical step in the virus life cycle is the expression of viral proteins, which are synthesized by the host ribosomes in conjunction with host translation factors. Here we review different mechanisms viruses have evolved to effectively seize host cell ribosomes, the roles of specific ribosomal proteins and their posttranslational modifications on viral RNA translation, or the cellular response to infection. We further highlight ribosomal proteins with extra‐ribosomal function during viral infection and put the knowledge of ribosomal proteins during viral infection into the larger context of ribosome‐related diseases, known as ribosomopathies. This article is categorized under: Translation > Translation Mechanisms Translation > Translation Regulation