Abstract
Morphogenesis of herpesviral virions is initiated in the nucleus but completed in the cytoplasm. Mature virions contain more than 25 tegument proteins many of which perform both nuclear and cytoplasmic functions suggesting they shuttle between these compartments. While nuclear import of herpesviral proteins was shown to be crucial for viral propagation, active nuclear export and its functional impact are still poorly understood. To systematically analyze nuclear export of tegument proteins present in virions of Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), the Nuclear EXport Trapped by RAPamycin (NEX-TRAP) was applied. Nine of the 22 investigated HSV1 tegument proteins including pUL4, pUL7, pUL11, pUL13, pUL21, pUL37d11, pUL47, pUL48 and pUS2 as well as 2 out of 6 EBV orthologs harbor nuclear export activity. A functional leucine-rich nuclear export sequence (NES) recognized by the export factor CRM1/Xpo1 was identified in six of them. The comparison between experimental and bioinformatic data indicates that experimental validation of predicted NESs is required. Mutational analysis of the pUL48/VP16 NES revealed its importance for herpesviral propagation. Together our data suggest that nuclear export is an important feature of the herpesviral life cycle required to co-ordinate nuclear and cytoplasmic processes.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
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| Faculties: | Medicine Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics > Computer Science |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medicine and health 000 Computer science, information and general works > 004 Data processing computer science |
| ISSN: | 1398-9219 |
| Language: | English |
| Item ID: | 78306 |
| Date Deposited: | 15. Dec 2021, 14:43 |
| Last Modified: | 13. Aug 2024, 12:59 |
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