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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2018

The dynamic nature of the conserved tegument protein UL37 of herpesviruses.

Andrea L Koenigsberg, Ekaterina E Heldwein

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. HSV-1 Cytoplasmic Envelopment and Egress.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrea L KoenigsbergFrom the Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology and Graduate Program in Molecular Microbiology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.
Ekaterina E HeldweinFrom the Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology and Graduate Program in Molecular Microbiology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111 katya.heldwein@tufts.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3113-6958
Tufts University · US

Funding

Overall (pp. 40-62)P41GM103485 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI CERIONE, RICHARD A. · 2012 to 2018
$15.5M
Alpha-Herpesvirus Transport on AxonsR01AI056346 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI SMITH, GREGORY ALLAN · 2004 to 2024
$6.8M
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF MICROBIAL PATHOGENST32AI007422 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI Ralph R. Isberg · 1992 to 2026
$5.7M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIAID NIH HHS R01 AI056346NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007422NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103485
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In all herpesviruses, the space between the capsid shell and the lipid envelope is occupied by the unique tegument layer composed of proteins that, in addition to structural roles, play many other roles in the viral replication. UL37 is a highly conserved tegument protein that has activities ranging from virion morphogenesis to directional capsid trafficking to manipulation of the host innate immune response and binds multiple partners. The N-terminal half of UL37 (UL37N) has a compact bean-shaped α-helical structure that contains a surface region essential for neuroinvasion. However, no biochemical or structural information is currently available for the C-terminal half of UL37 (UL37C) that mediates most of its interactions with multiple binding partners. Here, we show that the C-terminal half of UL37 from pseudorabies virus UL37C is a conformationally flexible monomer composed of an elongated folded core and an unstructured C-terminal tail. This elongated structure, along with that of its binding partner UL36, explains the nature of filamentous tegument structures bridging the capsid and the envelope. We propose that the dynamic nature of UL37 underlies its ability to perform diverse roles during viral replication.

Indexed as

Herpesvirus 1, SuidModels, MolecularProtein Conformation, alpha-HelicalProtein DomainsScattering, Small AngleTransition TemperatureViral Structural ProteinsX-Ray DiffractionViral Structural Proteinsconformational flexibilityherpesvirusmulti-angle light scatteringmultifunctional proteinsmall-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS)structural modeltegumentThermofluorviral protein

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PMID30166339
PMCPMC6187633
OpenAlexW2888820744

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