Abstract:
:Although multiple viruses utilize host cell cyclophilins, including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and human immunodeficiency virus type-1(HIV-1), their role in infection is poorly understood. To help elucidate these roles, we have characterized the first virally encoded cyclophilin (mimicyp) derived from the largest virus discovered to date (the Mimivirus) that is also a causative agent of pneumonia in humans. Mimicyp adopts a typical cyclophilin-fold, yet it also forms trimers unlike any previously characterized homologue. Strikingly, immunofluorescence assays reveal that mimicyp localizes to the surface of the mature virion, as recently proposed for several viruses that recruit host cell cyclophilins such as SARS and HIV-1. Additionally mimicyp lacks peptidyl-prolyl isomerase activity in contrast to human cyclophilins. Thus, this study suggests that cyclophilins, whether recruited from host cells (i.e. HIV-1 and SARS) or virally encoded (i.e. Mimivirus), are localized on viral surfaces for at least a subset of viruses.
journal_name
J Mol Bioljournal_title
Journal of molecular biologyauthors
Thai V,Renesto P,Fowler CA,Brown DJ,Davis T,Gu W,Pollock DD,Kern D,Raoult D,Eisenmesser EZdoi
10.1016/j.jmb.2007.08.051subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-04-18 00:00:00pages
71-86issue
1eissn
0022-2836issn
1089-8638pii
S0022-2836(07)01132-1journal_volume
378pub_type
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