The reported functional interaction between GRK2 and HDAC6 (histone deacetylase 6) constitutes a very interesting and prototypic example of stimulus- and context-dependent GRK2 multifunctionality, with potentially relevant implications in a variety of physiological processes and pathological conditions, including epithelial cell motility, viral infection or breast cancer progression. Here, GRK2 is linked to viral infectious disease.