AVM v1, released 02-OCT-22

A manually curated database of aerosol-transmitted virus mutations, human diseases, and drugs

Mutation detail:


Mutation site 116255G>A
Virus Varicella-Zoster virus
Mutation level Nucleotide level
Gene/protein/region type ORF68
Gene ID 1487709
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Viral reference sequence X04370.1
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Protein detail:


Protein name Envelope Glycoprotein E
Uniprot protein ID P09259
Protein length 623 amino acids
Protein description Envelope glycoprotein that binds to the potential host cell entry receptor IDE. In epithelial cells, the heterodimer gE/gI is required for the cell-to-cell spread of the virus, by sorting nascent virions to cell junctions. Once the virus reaches the cell junctions, virus particles can spread to adjacent cells extremely rapidly through interactions with cellular receptors that accumulate at these junctions. Implicated in basolateral spread in polarized cells. In neuronal cells, gE/gI is essential for the anterograde spread of the infection throughout the host nervous system. Together with US9, the heterodimer gE/gI is involved in the sorting and transport of viral structural components toward axon tips

Literature information:


Pubmed ID 10998331
Clinical information No
Disease -
Published year 2000
Journal Virology
Title Varicella-Zoster Virus gE Escape Mutant VZV-MSP Exhibits an Accelerated Cell-to-Cell Spread Phenotype in both Infected Cell Cultures and SCID-hu Mice
Author Richard A. Santos,Christopher C. Hatfield,Nancy L. Cole,Jorge A. Padilla,Jennifer F. Moffat
Evidence FIG.7