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Gene Ontology and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis provided functional annotations of the hexon-interacting proteins and revealed that these proteins were associated with multiple biological functions, including virus infection, the cell cycle, endocytosis and the phagosome. Western blot and coimmunoprecipitation validation tests revealed that randomly selected significant proteins (CCT5, CCT7, and HSP70) interact with hexon, and these results are consistent with those of TAP\/MS. Among them, the overexpression of CCT5 inhibited virus replication, whereas blocking CCT5 increased virus replication. In conclusion, this study demonstrated the successful screening of host proteins interacting with the hexon protein. 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