pfam00972: Flavi_NS5 (This model is not part of the current CDD release)
Flavivirus RNA-directed RNA polymerase, fingers and palm domains
Flaviviruses produce a large polyprotein from the ssRNA genome, encoding structural proteins required for virus assembly and non-structural (NS1-5) proteins involved in replication of the viral genome. This polyprotein is cleaved by viral and cellular proteases to produce mature viral proteins. NS5 is the largest mature viral protein and contains a N-terminal methyltransferase (MTase) domain separated by a short linker from the C-terminal RNA-directed RNA polymerase domain (RdRp) that adopts a characteristic right-handed fingers-palm-thumb fold and possesses a number of short regions and motifs homologous to other RNA-directed RNA polymerases. This entry covers the fingers and palm domains of RNA-directed RNA polymerase (RdRp) from Flavivirus NS5. NS5 binds to a the stem loop A (SLA) at the 5' extremity of Flavivirus genome and regulates translation of the viral genome.
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