| Synonyms |
Assemblin, assembly protein precursor-processing proteinase, cytomegalovirus protease, cytomegalovius maturational protease, cytomeglovirus protease, HCMV protease, Herpes simplex virus 1 proteinase Pra, Herpes simplex virus endopeptidase, HHV-6 proteinase, hMCV, HSV 1 protease, HSV-1, HSV-1 protease, HSV-2, human cytomegalovirus maturational protease, human cytomegalovirus maturational proteinase, human cytomegalovirus protease, human cytomegalovirus proteinase, maturation proteinase, proteinase, assembly protein precursor-processing, pUL80a, SFA, Varicella-zoster virus gene 33 proteinase |
| Comments |
Involved in the breakdown of the scaffold protein during the late stages of assembly of the herpes-virus virion. Inhibited by diisopropyl fluorophosphate. Type example of peptidase family?S21. Catalytic residues are His, Ser, His, a combination not known for any other peptidase, and the protein fold also is unique. Known from herpes viruses of several types, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus and human herpesvirus 3. |
