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. 2021 Jan 7;11:587380. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.587380

Table 1.

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) proteins and their functions.

Function Protein
Entry glycoproteins BLLF1 (gP350), BZLF2 (gP42), BMRF2m, BXLF2 (gH), BKRF2 (gL), BALF4 (gP110), BLRF1 (gN), BHLF1, BDLF2
Lytic replication BRRF1, BZLF1, BRLF1, BMRF1 (EA/D), BSLF1, BBLF4, BBLF2/3, BALF5, BALF2
Viral DNA synthesis BORF2, BaRF1, BXLF1, BLLF3, BKRF3, BMLF1/BSLF2
Late gene expression BGLF4, BGLF3, BcRF1, BFRF2, BDLF4, BVLF1, BDLF3.5
BFLF1, BFRF1A, BBRF1, BGRF1/BDRF1, BALF3, BGLF1, BVRF1
Packaging and translocation of viral DNA
Capsid BCLF1 (VCAp160), BFRF3 (VCAp18), BORF1, BDLF1, BVRF2, BdRF1 (VCAp40)
Tegument BNRF1 (VCAp143), BPLF1, BSRF1, BBRF2, BGLF3.5, BGLF2, BTRF1, BLRF2 (VCAp23), BRRF2, BKRF4
Virion assembly and egress BFLF2, BFRF1, BBRF3 (gM), BXRF1, BOLF1, BBLF1
Latency Stage I:
  Stage II:
  Stage III:
EBNA1
EBNA5, LMP1, LMP2A, LMP2B
EBNA2, EBNA3, EBNA4, EBNA6
Lytic immune-modulators BCRF1 (vIL-10), BARF1, LF2, BNLF2a, BDLF3 (gp150), BILF1, BHRF1 (EA/R), BALF1, BGLF5
Uncharacterized proteins BLLF2, BNLF2b, BWRF1, LF3, LF1, RPMS1, A73, BARF0, BILF2