Vaccinia virus-infected animal cells have been used to
study the interactions between the replication of
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and the biosynthesis of its
nucleotide precursors. Some antimetabolites that inhibit
DNA replication have as their targets enzymes of nucleotide
biosynthesis. Furthermore, the disruption of nucleotide
metabolism can alter the fidelity of...
The attachment of myristic acid to the N-terminal glycine residue of many
eukaryotic and viral proteins is often essential for the acquisition of the protein's
biological activity. Vaccinia virus (VV), the prototype member of the Poxviridae,
expresses several myristylated proteins during the course of infection. Only one of
these proteins,...
Vaccinia virus (VV) encodes at least six proteins that are modified by the addition of a 14-carbon saturated fatty acid through an amide linkage and at least eight proteins that are modified post-translationally by the addition of a 16-carbon saturated fatty acid through linkage to cysteine residues. These post-translational modifications...