ArticleCell host & microbe2018
Species-Specific Deamidation of cGAS by Herpes Simplex Virus UL37 Protein Facilitates Viral Replication.
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- Beyond interferons: Non-canonical roles of MITA/STING.Cell insight · 2025Review
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Abstract
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) establishes infections in humans and mice, but some non-human primates exhibit resistance via unknown mechanisms. Innate immune recognition pathways are highly conserved but are pivotal in determining susceptibility to DNA virus infections. We report that variation of a single amino acid residue in the innate immune sensor cGAS determines species-specific inactivation by HSV-1. The HSV-1 UL37 tegument protein deamidates human and mouse cGAS. Deamidation impairs the ability of cGAS to catalyze cGAMP synthesis, which activates innate immunity. HSV-1 with deamidase-deficient UL37 promotes robust antiviral responses and is attenuated in mice in a cGAS- and STING-dependent manner. Mutational analyses identified a single asparagine in human and mouse cGAS that is not conserved in many non-human primates. This residue underpins UL37-mediated cGAS deamidation and species permissiveness of HSV-1. Thus, HSV-1 mediates cGAS deamidation for immune evasion and exploits species sequence variation to disarm host defenses.
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