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ArticleNature communications2025

ER protein CLCC1 promotes nuclear envelope fusion in herpesviral and host processes.

Bing Dai, Adrian W Sperl, Lucas Polack, Isabel Mejia, Haley Dame, Tien Huynh, Chloe Deveney, Nathalie Lavoie, Chanyoung Lee, John G Doench and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Bing DaiDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Adrian W SperlDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Lucas PolackDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Isabel MejiaDepartment of Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-7590-3792
Haley DameDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Tien HuynhDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Chloe DeveneyDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-0157-3635
Nathalie LavoieDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5134-1276
Chanyoung LeeDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
John G DoenchGenetic Perturbation Platform, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3707-9889
Matthew D DaughertyDepartment of Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4879-9603
Ekaterina E HeldweinDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. katya.heldwein@tufts.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3113-6958

Funding

TUSM/T-NEMC CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH - Imaging CoreP30NS047243 · NINDS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI JACKSON, F ROB · 2003 to 2017
$10.0M
Pathways in Biological Sciences Training ProgramT32GM133351 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Matthew Daugherty, Randolph Y. Hampton · 2020 to 2026
$9.9M
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF MICROBIAL PATHOGENST32AI007422 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI Ralph R. Isberg · 1992 to 2026
$5.7M
Pathogen-driven evolution of innate antiviral defense mechanismsR35GM133633 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Matthew Daugherty · 2019 to 2026
$3.3M
Mechanisms of nuclear egress in herpesvirusesR01AI192496 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI HELDWEIN, EKATERINA · 2025 to 2025
$3.3M
Biophysical and structural analysis of the herpesviral nuclear budding machineryR01AI147625 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI HELDWEIN, EKATERINA · 2019 to 2023
$3.0M
Spectral Cell SorterS10OD032201 · OD · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI TAI, ALBERT K · 2022 to 2022
$672k
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Faculty Scholar grant 55108533NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI147625NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI192496NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007422NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133633NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM133351NIH HHS S10 OD032201NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS047243U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) R01AI147625U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R35GM133633U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) T32GM133351
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herpesvirales are an ancient viral order that causes lifelong infections in species from mollusks to humans. They export their capsids from the nucleus to the cytoplasm by a noncanonical nuclear egress route that involves capsid budding at the inner nuclear membrane followed by fusion of this temporary envelope with the outer nuclear membrane. Here, using a whole-genome CRISPR screen, we identify ER protein CLCC1 as important for the fusion stage of nuclear egress in herpes simplex virus 1. We also find that the genomes of Herpesvirales that infect mollusks and fish encode CLCC1 genes acquired from host genomes by horizontal gene transfer. In uninfected cells, loss of CLCC1 causes a nuclear blebbing defect, suggesting a role in host nuclear export. We hypothesize that CLCC1 facilitates an ancient cellular membrane fusion mechanism that Herpesvirales have hijacked or co-opted for capsid export and propose a mechanistic model.

Indexed as

Endoplasmic ReticulumHerpesviridaeHerpesvirus 1, HumanMembrane FusionMembrane ProteinsNuclear EnvelopeActive Transport, Cell NucleusAnimalsCapsidHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansMembrane Proteins

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PMID41271665
PMCPMC12639132

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