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.