Epstein-Barr Virus Immediate-Early Protein BRLF1 Interacts with CBP, Promoting Enhanced BRLF1 Transactivation

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1 July 2001

journal article
research article
Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Virology

Vol. 75 (13) , 6228-6234
https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.75.13.6228-6234.2001

Abstract

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) immediate-early protein BRLF1 is a transcriptional activator that mediates the switch from latent to lytic viral replication. Many transcriptional activators function, in part, due to an interaction with histone acetylases, such as CREB-binding protein (CBP). Here we demonstrate that BRLF1 interacts with the amino and carboxy termini of CBP and that multiple domains of the BRLF1 protein are necessary for this interaction. Furthermore, we show that the interaction between BRLF1 and CBP is important for BRLF1-induced activation of the early lytic EBV gene SM in Raji cells.

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