| Literature DB >> 27226376 |
Xing Jia1,2, Sheng Shen1, Ying Lv1,2, Ziwei Zhang1,2, Haitao Guo1, Hongyu Deng3,4.
Abstract
Tegument proteins play critical roles in herpesvirus morphogenesis. ORF45 is a conserved tegument protein of gammaherpesviruses; however, its role in virion morphogenesis is largely unknown. In this work, we determined the ultrastructural localization of murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV-68) ORF45 and found that this protein was incorporated into virions around the site of host-derived vesicles. Notably, the absence of ORF45 inhibited nucleocapsid egress and blocked cytoplasmic virion maturation, demonstrating that ORF45 is essential for MHV-68 virion morphogenesis.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27226376 PMCID: PMC4984643 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.03231-15
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103