Protein
Viral interleukin-8 homolog
Organism
Gallid herpesvirus 2 (strain Chicken/Md5/ATCC VR-987)
Function
Plays a role in the early phase of cytolytic infections presumably by recruiting host B or T-lymphocytes.
Similarity
Belongs to the intercrine alpha (chemokine CxC) family.
Sequence
MQALLLVLVLFIVQIYLLPGNGISLESLAVDKRCKCVKVTNRPTGLGPIIAVDVIPPGIHCRRTEIIFALKKNRKVCVDPEAPWVQQFIKKLERQHRTRKENLMVGEDGGKSTVGPVKNTIEPTPPTIGSHICL