Background:

Maribavir is a potent inhibitor of histone phosphorylation catalyzed by wild-type pUL97 in vitro, with an IC50 of 3 nM. Maribavir has potent antiviral activity against HCMV and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).

Maribavir is a potent inhibitor of the autophosporylation of the wild type and all the major Ganciclovir (GCV) resistant UL97 mutants analysed with a mean IC50 of 35 nM. The M460I mutation results in hypersensitivity to Maribavir with an IC50 of 4.8 nM. A Maribavir resistant mutant of UL97 (L397R) is functionally compromised as both a Ganciclovir kinase and a protein kinase (