Integrative functional genomics decodes herpes simplex virus 1

Adam W Whisnant, Christopher S Jürges, Thomas Hennig, Emanuel Wyler, Bhupesh Prusty, Andrzej J Rutkowski, Anne L'hernault, Lara Djakovic, Margarete Göbel, Kristina Döring, Jennifer Menegatti, Robin Antrobus, Nicholas J Matheson, Florian W H Künzig, Guido Mastrobuoni, Chris Bielow, Stefan Kempa, Chunguang Liang, Thomas Dandekar, Ralf ZimmerMarkus Landthaler, Friedrich Grässer, Paul J Lehner, Caroline C Friedel, Florian Erhard (Corresponding Author), Lars Dölken (Corresponding Author)

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Abstract

The predicted 80 open reading frames (ORFs) of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) have been intensively studied for decades. Here, we unravel the complete viral transcriptome and translatome during lytic infection with base-pair resolution by computational integration of multi-omics data. We identify a total of 201 transcripts and 284 ORFs including all known and 46 novel large ORFs. This includes a so far unknown ORF in the locus deleted in the FDA-approved oncolytic virus Imlygic. Multiple transcript isoforms expressed from individual gene loci explain translation of the vast majority of ORFs as well as N-terminal extensions (NTEs) and truncations. We show that NTEs with non-canonical start codons govern the subcellular protein localization and packaging of key viral regulators and structural proteins. We extend the current nomenclature to include all viral gene products and provide a genome browser that visualizes all the obtained data from whole genome to single-nucleotide resolution.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2038
Pages (from-to)1-14
Number of pages14
JournalNature Communications
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Apr 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords*

  • Animals
  • Biological Products/pharmacology
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Computational Biology
  • Cricetinae
  • Fibroblasts/metabolism
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Viral/drug effects
  • Genes, Viral
  • Genome, Viral
  • Genomics
  • Herpesvirus 1, Human/drug effects
  • Humans
  • Open Reading Frames
  • Protein Domains
  • Protein Isoforms
  • Ribosomes/metabolism
  • Transcriptome
  • Vero Cells

Field of Science*

  • 1.6 Biological sciences
  • 3.1 Basic medicine

Publication Type*

  • 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

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