UniProt functional annotation for O89343

UniProt code: O89343.

Organism: Hendra virus (isolate Horse/Autralia/Hendra/1994).
Taxonomy: Viruses; Riboviria; Orthornavirae; Negarnaviricota; Haploviricotina; Monjiviricetes; Mononegavirales; Paramyxoviridae; Orthoparamyxovirinae; Henipavirus.
 
Function: Attaches the virus to sialic acid-containing cell receptors and thereby initiating infection. Binding of glycoprotein G to the receptor induces a conformational change that allows the F protein to trigger virion/cell membranes fusion (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
 
Subcellular location: Virion membrane {ECO:0000305}; Single-pass type II membrane protein {ECO:0000305}. Host cell membrane {ECO:0000305}; Single-pass type II membrane protein {ECO:0000305}.
Similarity: Belongs to the paramyxoviruses hemagglutinin-neuraminidase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.