Virus Details


VHFID3924

Host Factor Information

Gene Name PTPA
HF Protein Name Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A activator
HF Function Essential for virus replication
Uniprot ID Q15257
Protein Sequence View Fasta Sequence
NCBI Gene ID 5524
Host Factor (HF) Name in Paper PP1
Gene synonyms PPP2R4
Ensemble Gene ID ENSG00000119383
Ensemble Transcript ENST00000337738 [Q15257-1];ENST00000355007 [Q15257-4];ENST00000357197 [Q15257-3];ENST00000358994 [Q15257-2];ENST00000393370 [Q15257-2]
KEGG ID Go to KEGG Database
Gene Ontology ID(s) GO:0000159, GO:0003755, GO:0005102, GO:0005524, GO:0005634, GO:0005654, GO:0005737, GO:0008160, GO:0019888, GO:0030472, GO:0032515, GO:0032516, GO:0034704, GO:0035307, GO:0035308, GO:0042803, GO:0043065, GO:0043666, GO:0046982, GO:0051721, GO:0070062,
MINT ID N.A.
STRING Click to see interaction map
GWAS Analysis Click to see gwas analysis
OMIM ID 600756
PANTHER ID PTHR10012
PDB ID(s) 2G62, 2HV6, 2HV7, 2IXM, 4LAC, 4NY3,
pfam ID PF03095,
Drug Bank ID N.A.,
ChEMBL ID CHEMBL2505
Organism Homo sapiens (Human)

Pathogen Information

Virus Name Human herpesvirus 1
Virus Short Name HSV1
Order Herpesvirales
Virus Family Herpesviridae
Virus Subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae
Genus Simplexvirus
Species Herpes simplex virus 1
Host Human, mammals
Cell Tropism Primary site of infection: epithelial mucosal cells , latency: remains latent in sensory neurons (ganglions)
Associated Disease Skin vesicles or mucosal ulcers, rarely encephalitis and meningitis
Mode of Transmission Contact, saliva
VIPR DB link http://www.viprbrc.org/brc/vipr_allSpecies_search.do?method=SubmitForm&decorator=herpes
ICTV DB link https://talk.ictvonline.org/ictv-reports/ictv_9th_report/dsdna-viruses-2011/w/dsdna_viruses/91/herpesviridae
Virus Host DB link http://www.genome.jp/virushostdb/view/?virus_lineage=Herpesviridae

Publication Information

Paper Title ICP345 protein of herpes simplex virus facilitates the initiation of protein translation by bridging eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2 ) and protein phosphatase 2
Author's Name Yapeng Li, Cuizhu Zhang, Xiangdong Chen, Jia Yu, Yu Wang, Yin Yang , Mingjuan Du, Huali Jin , Yijie Ma, Bin He, and Youjia Cao
Journal Name The Journal Of Biological Chemistry
Pubmed ID 21622569
Abstract The ICP34.5 protein of herpes simplex virus type 1 is a neurovirulence factor that plays critical roles in viral replication and anti-host responses. One of its functions is to recruit protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) that leads to the dephosphorylation of the alpha subunit of translation initiation factor eIF2 (eIF2alpha), which is inactivated by infection-induced phosphorylation. As PP1 is a protein phosphatase with a wide range of substrates, the question remains to be answered how ICP34.5 directs PP1 to specifically dephosphorylate eIF2alpha. Here we report that ICP34.5 not only binds PP1 but also associates with eIF2alpha by in vitro and in vivo assays. The binding site of eIF2alpha is identified at amino acids 233-248 of ICP34.5, which falls in the highly homologous region with human gene growth arrest and DNA damage 34. The interaction between ICP34.5 and eIF2alpha is independent of the phosphorylation status of eIF2alpha at serine 51. Deletion mutation of this region results in the failure of dephosphorylation of eIF2alpha by PP1 and, consequently, interrupts viral protein synthesis and replication. Our data illustrated that the binding between viral protein ICP34.5 and the host eIF2alpha is crucial for the specific dephosphorylation of eIF2alpha by PP1. We propose that herpes simplex virus protein ICP34.5 bridges PP1 and eIF2alpha via their binding motifs and thereby facilitates the protein synthesis and viral replication.
Used Model Vero, HeLa, and HEK293T cells
DOI 10.1074/jbc.M111.232439