UniProt functional annotation for P10226

UniProt code: P10226.

Organism: Human herpesvirus 1 (strain 17) (HHV-1) (Human herpes simplex virus 1).
Taxonomy: Viruses; Duplodnaviria; Heunggongvirae; Peploviricota; Herviviricetes; Herpesvirales; Herpesviridae; Alphaherpesvirinae; Simplexvirus.
 
Function: Plays an essential role in viral DNA replication by acting as the polymerase accessory subunit. Associates with the viral polymerase to increase its processivity and forms high-affinity direct interactions with DNA. Facilitates the origin-binding protein UL9 loading onto DNA thus increasing its ability to assemble into a functional complex capable of unwinding duplex DNA. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:2173776}.
 
Subunit: Interacts with the DNA polymerase catalytic subunit UL30. Interacts with the origin-binding protein. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15673714, ECO:0000269|PubMed:2173776}.
Subcellular location: Host nucleus.
Similarity: Belongs to the herpesviridae DNA polymerase processivity factor family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.