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Table 1 Effect of various viral proteins on centrosomal abnormalities

From: HTLV-1 Tax: centrosome amplification and cancer

Viral Protein

Cellular Interacting Protein

Function in Normal Cells

Phenotype

HBV X

Crm1

Nuclear export receptor

Abnormal centrioles

>2 centrosomes per cell

HPV E7

Rb

Tumor suppressor

Transcriptional repressor

>2 centrosomes per cell

HPV E6

P53

Tumor suppressor

>2 centrosomes per cell

KSHV LANA

P53

Tumor suppressor

Abnormal mitotic spindles

>2 centrosomes per cell

HTLV Tax

TaxBP181

Mitotic spindle checkpoint protein

Multinucleated cells

 

RanBP1

Regulator of Ran-GTPase pathway

>2 centrosomes per cell

 

Tax1BP2

Regulates centrosome duplication

>2 centrosomes per cell