| Literature DB >> 31935542 |
Benjamin Vollmer1, Kay Grünewald2.
Abstract
One of the essential steps in every viral 'life' cycle is entry into the host cell. Membrane-enveloped viruses carry dedicated proteins to catalyse the fusion of the viral and cellular membrane. Herpesviruses feature a set of essential, structurally diverse glycoproteins on the viral surface that form a multicomponent fusion machinery, necessary for the entry mechanism. For Herpes simplex virus 1, these essential glycoproteins are gD, gH, gL and gB. In this review we describe the functions of the individual components, the potential interactions between them as well as the influence of post-translational modifications on the fusion mechanism.Entities:
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Year: 2020 PMID: 31935542 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2019.12.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Opin Struct Biol ISSN: 0959-440X Impact factor: 6.809