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Terminase Large Subunit Provides a New Drug Target for Herpesvirus Treatment.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Bacteriophage T4 genome packaging: mechanism and application.EcoSal Plus · 2025Review
- DPV pUL15 possesses a potential NLS, which is important for the location of the terminase complex and for viral proliferation and genome cleavage.Veterinary research · 2025Article
- Efficient synthesis of CRISPR-Cas13a-antimicrobial capsids against MRSA facilitated by silent mutation incorporation.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Acipenserid herpesvirus 2 genome and partial validation of a qPCR for its detection in white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus.Diseases of aquatic organisms · 2024Article
- Antiviral activity of amide-appended α-hydroxytropolones against herpes simplex virus-1 and -2.RSC advances · 2023Article
- Viral Small Terminase: A Divergent Structural Framework for a Conserved Biological Function.Viruses · 2022Review
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- Metal binding 6-arylthio-3-hydroxypyrimidine-2,4-diones inhibited human cytomegalovirus by targeting the pUL89 endonuclease of the terminase complex.European journal of medicinal chemistry · 2021Article
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- Electron Microscopy of In-Plaque Phage T3 Assembly: Proposed Analogs of Neurodegenerative Disease Triggers.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Highlighting of a LAGLIDADG and a Zing Finger Motifs Located in the pUL56 Sequence Crucial for HCMV Replication.Viruses · 2019Article
- Hinge Region in DNA Packaging Terminase pUL15 of Herpes Simplex Virus: A Potential Allosteric Target for Antiviral Drugs.Biomolecules · 2019Article
- Controlling the Revolving and Rotating Motion Direction of Asymmetric Hexameric Nanomotor by Arginine Finger and Channel Chirality.ACS nano · 2019Review
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Abstract
Herpesvirus infection is an orderly, regulated process. Among these viruses, the encapsidation of viral DNA is a noteworthy link; the entire process requires a powered motor that binds to viral DNA and carries it into the preformed capsid. Studies have shown that this power motor is a complex composed of a large subunit, a small subunit, and a third subunit, which are collectively known as terminase. The terminase large subunit is highly conserved in herpesvirus. It mainly includes two domains: the C-terminal nuclease domain, which cuts the viral concatemeric DNA into a monomeric genome, and the N-terminal ATPase domain, which hydrolyzes ATP to provide energy for the genome cutting and transfer activities. Because this process is not present in eukaryotic cells, it provides a reliable theoretical basis for the development of safe and effective anti-herpesvirus drugs. This article reviews the genetic characteristics, protein structure, and function of the herpesvirus terminase large subunit, as well as the antiviral drugs that target the terminase large subunit. We hope to provide a theoretical basis for the prevention and treatment of herpesvirus.
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