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SUBMITTER: Bhargava AK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5172392 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bhargava Arjun K AK Rothlauf Paul W PW Krummenacher Claude C
Virology 20161007
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) uses the cell adhesion molecule nectin-1 as a receptor to enter neurons and epithelial cells. The viral glycoprotein D (gD) is used as a non-canonical ligand for nectin-1. The gD binding site on nectin-1 overlaps with a functional adhesive site involved in nectin-nectin homophilic trans-interaction. Consequently, when nectin-1 is engaged with a cellular ligand at cell junctions, the gD binding site is occupied. Here we report that HSV gD is able to disrupt intercellula ...[more]