"The relationship between activity and structure might be a two-way street"
Article
>https://www.earth.com/news/herpes-virus-reshapes-human-dna-to-multiply/

Base study article
>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60534-6

Also
>pic related
>https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/herpes-simplex-virus
>https://glycopedia.eu/echapter/introduction-4/herpesviruses/

>>16704401 (OP)
its crazy how they just do that for no reason all on their own

wonder why it likes enzymes. what's the "survival" mechanism and attraction?

>>16704401 (OP)
Oh no, viruses do things? What are the political implications???

>>16704488
How is life any different? It's just an agent doing its thing. Viruses need hosts and life needs an environment. All the distinct virus features that make it not qualify as life are mirrored by life anyway.