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Proviral role of caspase-6 in coronavirus infections
Journal article   Open access   Peer reviewed

Proviral role of caspase-6 in coronavirus infections

Lok-Yin Roy Wong and Stanley Perlman
Cell research, Vol.33, pp.7-8
01/2023
DOI: 10.1038/s41422-022-00728-5
PMCID: PMC9490723
PMID: 36131099
url
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-022-00728-5View
Published (Version of record) Open Access

Abstract

Pathogenic human coronaviruses induce apoptosis in infected cells. Caspase-6 activated under apoptotic conditions proteolytically cleaves the nucleocapsid protein into IFN-I antagonists that enhance virus replication, suggesting that caspase-6 has a proviral role in the coronavirus life cycle.

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