UniProt functional annotation for P03222

UniProt code: P03222.

Organism: Epstein-Barr virus (strain B95-8) (HHV-4) (Human herpesvirus 4).
Taxonomy: Viruses; Duplodnaviria; Heunggongvirae; Peploviricota; Herviviricetes; Herpesvirales; Herpesviridae; Gammaherpesvirinae; Lymphocryptovirus.
 
Function: Capsid vertex-specific component that plays a role during viral DNA encapsidation, assuring correct genome cleavage and presumably stabilizing capsids that contain full-length viral genomes. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_04017}.
 
Subunit: Interacts (via C-terminus) with capsid vertex component 2/CVC2. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_04017}.
Subcellular location: Virion {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_04017}. Host nucleus {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_04017}.
Similarity: Belongs to the herpesviridae CVC1 protein family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_04017}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.