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SARS-CoV-2 has another mitochondrial “trick”—and researchers are trying to block it.
➡️ The viral protein #ORF9b binds to #TOM70, a #mitochondrial protein that helps trigger the cell’s type-I interferon antiviral response.
By interfering with this pathway, ORF9b can help the virus dampen the host’s early immune defence. 1/

How important is ORF9b? More important, I think, than almost anyone has realized. ORF9b is often neglected—it is ignored on phylogenetic trees & on GISAID sequences. I see 9 lines of evidence indicating it's a major player. But they require some background. /1

@Shawn77an @lucygthorne @NCBI @eLife @zachary_ardern @sokolokot @chkuo1995 Interesting question! The #Alpha (B.1.1.7; UK) mutations likely arose in a patient with long-term COVID-19. The overlapping gene #ORF9b was already present in all members of the species of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. See Figure 1 of our @elife paper ⬇️ ➡️https://t.co/5q1kDWghkp

A new report by @lucygthorne suggests the high transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 #Alpha (B.1.1.7) involves the gene #ORF9b. 🔗https://t.co/e7qaqW35Pf
ORF9b is an #OverlappingGene (#OLG)—a gene within a gene—shown below. As of now, no OLGs are annotated in the @NCBI reference genome.

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