UniProt functional annotation for P42485

UniProt code: P42485.

Organism: African swine fever virus (strain Badajoz 1971 Vero-adapted) (Ba71V) (ASFV).
Taxonomy: Viruses; Varidnaviria; Bamfordvirae; Nucleocytoviricota; Pokkesviricetes; Asfuvirales; Asfarviridae; Asfivirus.
 
Function: Suppresses apoptosis in host cell and thus facilitates production of progeny virions (PubMed:9123849, PubMed:18329683). Has the ability to potentially bind to all the members of the proapoptotic Bcl-2 family (PubMed:28053104, PubMed:18329683). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18329683, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28053104, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9123849}.
 
Subunit: Interacts with host BECN1 (PubMed:23228131). Interacts with host BID (PubMed:28053104). dInteracts with host BAX (PubMed:28053104). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23228131, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28053104}.
Induction: Expressed early and late in the infection cycle.
Similarity: Belongs to the Bcl-2 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.