diff --git a/content/3.defense-systems/viperin.md b/content/3.defense-systems/viperin.md index 7fcc72e1252ec82e81e7541609d26389e3426e0a..547bef777716f2349728c16dbe1baa52ba58f2ad 100644 --- a/content/3.defense-systems/viperin.md +++ b/content/3.defense-systems/viperin.md @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Recently, Â Viperin-like enzymes were found in prokaryotes (pVips). Â Strikingly ## Molecular mechanism -!Figure1](/viperin/human_vip.jpg){max-width=750px} +{max-width=750px} Fig.1: Catalytic activity of human Viperin generates ddhCTP :ref{doi=10.1002/1873-3468.13778} Viperins are members of the radical S-adenosylmethionine (rSAM) superfamily. This group of enzymes use a [4Fe-4S] cluster to cleave S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) reductively, generating a radical which is generally transferred to a substrate. It was demonstrated that through their [4Fe-4S] cluster catalytic activity, eukaryotic viperins convert a ribonucleotide, the cytidine triphosphate (CTP) into a modified ribonucleotide, the 3'-deoxy-3',4'-didehydro-CTP (ddhCTP) :ref{doi=10.1038/s41586-018-0238-4}.Â