Dimerization-Induced Allosteric Changes of the Oxyanion-Hole Loop Activate the Pseudorabies Virus Assemblin Pul26N, a Herpesvirus Serine Protease.
Zuhlsdorf, M., Werten, S., Klupp, B.G., Palm, G.J., Mettenleiter, T.C., Hinrichs, W.(2015) PLoS Pathog 11: 5045
- PubMed: 26161660 
- DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005045
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4CX8, 4V07, 4V08, 4V0T - PubMed Abstract: 
Herpesviruses encode a characteristic serine protease with a unique fold and an active site that comprises the unusual triad Ser-His-His. The protease is essential for viral replication and as such constitutes a promising drug target. In solution, a dynamic equilibrium exists between an inactive monomeric and an active dimeric form of the enzyme, which is believed to play a key regulatory role in the orchestration of proteolysis and capsid assembly ...