{"id":221445,"date":"2025-09-05T03:26:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T08:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/previously-unknown-rna-chaperone-guides-assembly-of-key-poxvirus-protein-complex"},"modified":"2025-09-05T03:26:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T08:26:34","slug":"previously-unknown-rna-chaperone-guides-assembly-of-key-poxvirus-protein-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/previously-unknown-rna-chaperone-guides-assembly-of-key-poxvirus-protein-complex","title":{"rendered":"Previously unknown RNA chaperone guides assembly of key poxvirus protein complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/previously-unknown-rna-chaperone-guides-assembly-of-key-poxvirus-protein-complex.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A study from W\u00fcrzburg reveals that pox viruses have developed a unique strategy to rapidly multiply after infecting a host cell. The findings uncover a previously unknown role for a well-known molecule and may serve as a starting point for the development of new antiviral agents.<\/p>\n<p>In the English society of former times, a chaperone, traditionally an older woman, was assigned to accompany a young unmarried woman to ensure her proper behavior, especially during interactions with men, in line with the social norms of the time.<\/p>\n<p>In biochemistry, chaperones also play a protective role. One of their main functions is to assist newly synthesized proteins in folding correctly and to prevent misfolded protein chains from clumping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study from W\u00fcrzburg reveals that pox viruses have developed a unique strategy to rapidly multiply after infecting a host cell. The findings uncover a previously unknown role for a well-known molecule and may serve as a starting point for the development of new antiviral agents. In the English society of former times, a chaperone, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}