title: Herpes simplex virus 2 UL45 is a type II membrane protein.
abstract: In addition to eleven glycoproteins, the herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) genome encodes several proteins with potential membrane-spanning segments but no asparagine-linked carbohydrates. One of these is UL45. Fractionation of infected cells showed that HSV-2 UL45 is an integral membrane protein, and analysis of UL45 mutants with potential glycosylation sites showed that it has a type II membrane orientation, the first HSV protein known to have this orientation. Furthermore, it is detectable in infected cells at a time similar to that when glycoproteins gB and gD are detected, consistent with a role in cell-cell fusion, which has previously been found for HSV-1 UL45.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport 71130, USA.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Cockrell
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Muggeridge
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D018258:Herpesvirus 2, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D011817:Rabbits; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C088748:UL45 protein, herpes simplex virus type 1; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins