Communications Biology (Sep 2022)

Peroxisomal very long-chain fatty acid transport is targeted by herpesviruses and the antiviral host response

  • Isabelle Weinhofer,
  • Agnieszka Buda,
  • Markus Kunze,
  • Zsofia Palfi,
  • Matthäus Traunfellner,
  • Sarah Hesse,
  • Andrea Villoria-Gonzalez,
  • Jörg Hofmann,
  • Simon Hametner,
  • Günther Regelsberger,
  • Ann B. Moser,
  • Florian Eichler,
  • Stephan Kemp,
  • Jan Bauer,
  • Jörn-Sven Kühl,
  • Sonja Forss-Petter,
  • Johannes Berger

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03867-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Using Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection of human B cells, the importance of peroxisomal very long-chain fatty acid transport involving ABCD1 in viral infection and host defence is elucidated and applicable also to other herpes- and coronaviruses.