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SUBMITTER: Bigalke JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4105210 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bigalke Janna M JM Heuser Thomas T Nicastro Daniela D Heldwein Ekaterina E EE
Nature communications 20140611
The nuclear egress complex (NEC) of herpesviruses such as HSV-1 is essential for the exit of nascent capsids from the cell nucleus. The NEC drives nuclear envelope vesiculation in cells, but the precise budding mechanism and the potential involvement of cellular proteins are unclear. Here we report that HSV-1 NEC alone is sufficient for membrane budding in vitro and thus represents a complete membrane deformation and scission machinery. It forms ordered coats on the inner surface of the budded v ...[more]