Well Put Together-A Guide to Accessorizing with the Herpesvirus gH/gL Complexes.

ABSTRACT: Herpesviruses are enveloped, double-stranded DNA viruses that infect a variety of hosts across the animal kingdom. Nine of these establish lifelong infections in humans, for which there are no cures and few vaccine or treatment options. Like all enveloped viruses, herpesviruses enter cells by fusing their lipid envelopes with a host cell membrane. Uniquely, herpesviruses distribute the functions of receptor engagement and membrane fusion across a diverse cast of glycoproteins. Two glycoprotein complexes are conserved throughout the three herpesvirus subfamilies: the trimeric gB that functions as a membrane fusogen and the heterodimeric gH/gL, the role of which is less clearly defined. Here, we highlight the conserved and divergent functions of gH/gL across the three subfamilies of human he

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Del Pino GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8874593 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature