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. 2020 Sep 4;11:517461. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.517461

FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 4

Role of PTMs in alleviating NS1 antagonism of the host antiviral response. (A) Phosphorylation of NS1 at S42 by PKCα can block NS1 binding to dsRNA, alleviating NS1-induced inhibition of OAS activation and RNA degradation. (B) Phosphorylation of NS1 at T49 leads to decreased interaction with dsRNA, TRIM25, and RIG-I, resulting in defective suppression of IFN production. (C) Phosphorylation of NS1 at T80 reduces the binding affinity between NS1 and RIG-I, preventing NS1 from inhibiting IFN production. (D) Herc5-mediated ISGylation of NS1 K126 and K217 inhibits RNA sequestration, alleviating NS1-induced inhibition of OAS activation and RNA degradation. ISGylation of NS1 K126 and K217 impair the NS1 interaction with PKR, which antagonizes NS1-mediated inhibition of host translation. Ub, ubiquitin and ubiquitination; ISG, ISGylation; PKCα, protein kinase C α; OAS, oligo (A) synthetase; TRIM, tripartite motif; PKR, protein kinase R.