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. 2023 Jan 20;69:43–56. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2023.01.005

Table 2.

Function of non-structural peptides.

Mature Peptide Nucleotide Start Nucleotide End #Base aa- size Protein Product MPP Cleavage site
Function References
Position Probability
nsp1 266 805 540 180 Leader protein 30G 0.044 Antagonism against IFN signaling Kamitani et al., 2009
nsp2 806 2719 1914 638 Counterpart of MHV p65 47G 0.014 Aid in growth and proliferation of the viruses Cornillez-Ty et al., 2009
nsp3 2720 8554 5834 1944 Nsp3-pp1a/pp1ab 31I 0.000 SG-mRNA synthesis LaStarza et al., 1994
nsp4 8555 10,054 1500 500 Nsp4-pp1a/pp1ab 56D 0.041 Causes disrupted mitochondrial morphology Freundt et al., 2009
nsp5 10,055 10,972 918 306 3C-like proteinase 41H 0.003 Proteolytic processing of the replicase polyproteins Stobart et al., 2013
nsp6 10,973 11,842 870 290 Nsp6-pp1a/pp1ab (TM3) 6 T 0.019 Initiate cellular autophagy and a general ER stress response Fung et al., 2016, Prentice et al., 2004
nsp7 11,843 12,091 249 83 Nsp7-pp1a/pp1ab 22 V 0.000 Viral replication Subissi et al., 2014
nsp8 12,092 12,685 594 198 Nsp8-pp1a/pp1ab 58 K 0.000 Viral RNA synthesis Subissi et al., 2014
nsp9 12,686 13,024 339 113 Nsp9-pp1a/pp1ab 11Q 0.065 Involved in the replicative cycle Slanina et al., 2021, Sutton et al., 2004
nsp10 13,025 13,441 417 139 Formerly known as growth-factor-like protein (GFL) 79C 0.000 Regulates replication Bouvet et al., 2014
nsp11 13,442 13,480 39 13 Nsp11-pp1a short peptide 7F 0.005 Viral replication Deming et al., 2007
nsp12 13,442 16,236 2769 923 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase 34A 0.035 Viral replication Subissi et al., 2014
nsp13 16,237 18,039 1803 601 Nsp13-pp1ab (ZD, NTPase/HEL; RNA 5′-triphosphatase) 23P 0.037 Viral replication Jang et al., 2020
nsp14 18,040 19,620 1581 527 3′-to-5′ exonuclease 54L 0.035 Proofreading exoribonuclease Ma et al., 2015
nsp15 19,621 20,658 1038 346 EndoRNAse 62 N 0.000 Limits apoptosis in macrophages Deng et al., 2017
Nsp16 20,659 21,552 893 297 2′-O-ribose methyltransferase 20 M 0.037 Viral RNA synthesis and viral replication Wu et al., 2020