Association·arcadia
Capsid proteins interact with and package RNA
Claim that tick-encoded viral capsid proteins, especially RNA nucleocapsids and Gag-Pol, interact with and help package RNA molecules.
Confidence
70%
active
Evidence Quote
“Tick-encoded capsid types are RNA nucleocapsids and retrotransposon Gag-Pol proteins, both interact with and help package RNA molecules.”
Relationship
RNA nucleocapsid capsid packages RNA molecule
Connections (2)
Evidence
“Reference to Pastuzyn et al. (2018) publication on the neuronal gene Arc as a repurposed retrotransposon protein.”
Pastuzyn ED et al. (2018). The Neuronal Gene Arc Encodes a Repurposed Retrotransposon Gag Protein that Mediates Intercellular RNA Transfer doi:10.1016/j.cell.2017.12.024 ↗
“Ding B, Qin Y, Chen M. (2016). Review of nucleocapsid proteins’ functions.”
Ding B et al. (2016). Nucleocapsid proteins: roles beyond viral RNA packaging. doi:10.1002/wrna.1326 ↗
“Luo M, Terrell JR, Mcmanus SA. (2020). Structural study of viral nucleocapsids.”