The SARS-CoV-2 protein ORF3c is a mitochondrial modulator of innate immunity
H. Stewart, Y. Lu, S. O'Keefe, A. Valpadashi, L. D. Cruz-Zaragoza, H. A. Michel, S. K. Nguyen, G. W. Carnell, N. Lukhovitskaya, R. Milligan, I. Jungreis, V. Lulla, A. D. Davidson, D. A. Matthews, S. High, , A. E. Firth
This study identifies ORF3c as a SARS-CoV-2 protein that localizes to mitochondria and inhibits IFN-β production without affecting NF-κB or JAK-STAT signaling.
bioRxiv · Nov 15, 2022Microbiology