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A multiple functional protein: the herpes simplex virus type 1 tegument protein VP22

Virologica Sinica volume 24, pages 153–161 (2009)Cite this article

Abstract

The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) VP22, is one of the most abundant HSV-1 tegument proteins with an average stoichiometry of 2 400 copies per virion and conserved among alphaherpesvirinae. Many functions are attributed to VP22, including nuclear localization, chromatin binding, microtubule binding, induction of microtubule reorganization, intercellular transport, interaction with cellular proteins, such as template activating factor I (TAF-I) and nonmuscle myosin II A (NMIIA), and viral proteins including tegument protein VP16, pUS9 and pUL46, glycoprotein E (gE) and gD. Recently, many novel functions performed by the HSV-1 VP22 protein have been shown, including promotion of protein synthesis at late times in infection, accumulation of a subset of viral mRNAs at early times in infection and possible transcriptional regulation function.

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Li, Ml., Guo, H., Ding, Q. et al. A multiple functional protein: the herpes simplex virus type 1 tegument protein VP22. Virol. Sin. 24, 153–161 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12250-009-3035-2

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  • Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1)
  • VP22
  • Intercellular trafficking
  • Protein interaction
  • Tegument protein