viral surface glycoprotein

C38818
concept

A viral surface glycoprotein is a membrane-anchored protein with attached carbohydrate chains that protrudes from the virus surface and mediates host cell recognition, attachment, and entry, while often serving as a key target for the host immune response.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
viral surface glycoprotein canonical 2
class I fusion protein 1
membrane glycoprotein 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: viral surface glycoprotein
Generated description
A viral surface glycoprotein is a membrane-anchored protein with attached carbohydrate chains that protrudes from the virus surface and mediates host cell recognition, attachment, and entry, while often serving as a key target for the host immune response.

Instances (3)

Instance Via concept surface
influenza virus neuraminidase
SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein
CD21 membrane glycoprotein