Mechanistic insights into an ancient adenovirus precursor protein VII shows multiple nuclear import receptor pathways
Running title: Nuclear import of an ancient adenovirus protein VII
Sepehr Nematollahzadeh1#, Ajani Athukorala2#, Camilla M. Donnelly3,4, Silvia Pavan1, Victoria Atelie-Djossou1, Enzo Di Iorio1, Babu Nath3, Karla J. Helbig2, Brian P. McSharry3,4, Jade K. Forwood3,4, Subir Sarker2,5* and Gualtiero Alvisi1*
1 Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, Via Gabelli 63, 35121 Padua, Italy.
2 Department of Microbiology, Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia.
3 School of Dentistry and Medical Sciences Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
4 Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2678, Australia
5 Biomedical Sciences & Molecular Biology, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia.
# = joint first author
* Correspondence: e-mail: subir.sarker@jcu.edu.au; phone: +610747814336; gualtiero.alvisi@unipd.it; phone: +39 (0)498272353.