Metabolic Enzymes in Viral Infection and Host Innate Immunity

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Abstract

Metabolic enzymes are central players for cell metabolism and cell proliferation. These enzymes perform distinct functions in various cellular processes, such as cell metabolism and immune defense. Because viral infections inevitably trigger host immune activation, viruses have evolved diverse strategies to blunt or exploit the host immune response to enable viral replication. Meanwhile, viruses hijack key cellular metabolic enzymes to reprogram metabolism, which generates the necessary biomolecules for viral replication. An emerging theme arising from the metabolic studies of viral infection is that metabolic enzymes are key players of immune response and, conversely, immune components regulate cellular metabolism, revealing unexpected communication between these two fundamental processes that are otherwise disjointed. This review aims to summarize our present comprehension of the involvement of metabolic enzymes in viral infections and host immunity and to provide insights for potential antiviral therapy targeting metabolic enzymes.

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Qin, C., Xie, T., Yeh, W. W., Savas, A. C., & Feng, P. (2024, January 1). Metabolic Enzymes in Viral Infection and Host Innate Immunity. Viruses. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). https://doi.org/10.3390/v16010035

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