2016
Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Inhibitor of cGAS (KicGAS), Encoded by ORF52, Is an Abundant Tegument Protein and Is Required for Production of Infectious Progeny Viruses
Li W, Avey D, Fu B, Wu J, Ma S, Liu X, Zhu F. Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Inhibitor of cGAS (KicGAS), Encoded by ORF52, Is an Abundant Tegument Protein and Is Required for Production of Infectious Progeny Viruses. Journal Of Virology 2016, 90: 5329-5342. PMID: 27009954, PMCID: PMC4934757, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02675-15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirusSarcoma-associated herpesvirusImmune evasion functionsViral particlesKSHV replicationTegument proteinsInfectious progeny virusInfectious viral particlesPrimary infectionSpecific monoclonal antibodiesExtracellular virionsViral life cycleImmune evasionKSHV life cycleTherapeutic interventionsViral replicationNovel targetKSHV lytic replicationMonoclonal antibodiesCytosolic DNAReduced virion productionLytic replicationProgeny virusVirion proteinsVirion production
2015
Phosphoproteomic Analysis of KSHV-Infected Cells Reveals Roles of ORF45-Activated RSK during Lytic Replication
Avey D, Tepper S, Li W, Turpin Z, Zhu F. Phosphoproteomic Analysis of KSHV-Infected Cells Reveals Roles of ORF45-Activated RSK during Lytic Replication. PLOS Pathogens 2015, 11: e1004993. PMID: 26133373, PMCID: PMC4489790, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004993.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBlotting, WesternCell LineGene Expression Regulation, ViralGene Knockout TechniquesHerpesviridae InfectionsHerpesvirus 8, HumanHost-Parasite InteractionsHumansImmediate-Early ProteinsImmunoprecipitationMass SpectrometryPhosphorylationProteomicsReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRibosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDaTransfectionVirus ReplicationConceptsKaposi's Sarcoma-Associated HerpesvirusKSHV lytic replicationProgeny virion productionKSHV ORF45Putative substratesRSK activityExtracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathwayGene expressionEfficient KSHV lytic replicationLytic replicationP90 ribosomal S6 kinaseMitogen-activated protein kinase pathwayRSK-dependent phosphorylationHost cell machineryRibosomal S6 kinaseProtein kinase pathwayVirion productionActivation of RSKComplex secondary structureKSHV lytic gene expressionTranscriptional regulatorsDifferential phosphorylationLytic gene expressionCellular genesCell machinery