Table 1.
Gene and protein names for each capsid component from human herpesviruses with known capsid structures.
| Alpha | Beta | Gamma | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HSV-1 | HSV-2 | VZV | HCMV | HHV-6 | EBV | KSHV | ||||||||
| Gene | Protein | Gene | Protein | Gene | Protein | Gene | Protein | Gene | Protein | Gene | Protein | Gene | Protein | |
| Portal | UL6 | UL6 | UL6 | UL6 | ORF54 | ORF54 | UL104 | Portal | U76 | Portal | BBRF1 | BBRF1 | ORF43 | ORF43 |
| MCP | UL19 | VP5 | UL19 | VP5 | ORF40 | ORF40 | UL86 | MCP | U57 | MCP | BcLF1 | BcLF1 | ORF25 | ORF25 |
| SCP | UL35 | VP26 | UL35 | VP26 | ORF23 | ORF23 | UL48a (UL48.5) | SCP | U53 | SCP | BVRF3 | BFRF3 | ORF65 | ORF65 |
| Triplex 1 | UL38 | VP19c | UL38 | VP19c | ORF20 | ORF20 | UL46 | mCP-BP | U29 | Triplex 1 | BORF1 | BORF1 | ORF62 | ORF62 |
| Triplex 2 | UL18 | VP23 | UL18 | VP23 | ORF41 | ORF41 | UL85 | mCP | U56 | Triplex 2 | BDLF1 | BDLF1 | ORF26 | ORF26 |
| CATC | UL25 | UL25 | UL25 | UL25 | ORF34 | ORF34 | UL77 | UL77 | U50 | U50 * | BVRF1 | CVC2 | ORF19 | ORF19 |
| UL17 | UL17 | UL17 | UL17 | ORF43 | ORF43 | UL93 | UL93 | U64 | U64 * | BGLF1 | CVC1 | ORF32 | ORF32 | |
| UL36 | UL36 | UL36 | UL36 | ORF22 | ORF22 | UL48 | UL48 | U31 | U31 * | BPLF1 | LTP | ORF64 | ORF64 | |
| CATC (beta only) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | UL32 | pp150 | U11 | U11 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
* Proteins were not identified as CATC components on HHV-6 capsids.