Poxviruses package viral redox proteins in lateral bodies and modulate the host oxidative response
Source : https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010614
Author summary Vaccinia virus is the prototype member of the Poxviridae family, whose members include monkeypox and variola virus, the causative agent of smallpox. All poxvirus particles, including vaccinia, are large and complex containing upwards of 70 different viral proteins.
Using targeted repression and/or deletion viruses we found that deletion of individual LB-redox proteins was insufficient for host redox modulation suggesting there may be functional redundancy. In addition to defining the spatial proteotype of VACV LBs, these findings implicate poxvirus redox proteins as potential modulators of host oxidative anti-viral responses and provide a solid starting point for future investigations into the role of LB resident proteins in host immunomodulation.