Abstract：
:Viral scaffolding proteins direct polymerization of major capsid protein subunits into icosahedral procapsid structures. The scaffolding protein of bacteriophage SPP1 was engineered with a C-terminal hexahistidine tag (gp11-His(6)) and purified. The protein is an alpha-helical-rich molecule with a very elongated shape as found for internal scaffolding proteins from other phages. It is a 3.3 S tetramer of 93.6 kDa at micromolar concentrations. Intersubunit cross-linking of these tetramers generated preferentially covalently bound dimers, revealing that gp11-His(6) is structurally a dimer of dimers. Incubation at temperatures above 37 degrees C correlated with a reduction of its alpha-helical content and a less effective intersubunit cross-linking. Complete loss of secondary structure was observed at temperatures above 60 degrees C. Refolding of gp11-His(6) thermally denatured at 65 degrees C led to reacquisition of the protein native ellipticity spectrum but the resulting population of molecules was heterogeneous. Its hydrodynamic behavior was compatible with a mix of 3.3 S elongated tetramers (approximately 90%) and a smaller fraction of 2.4 S dimers (approximately 10%). This population of gp11-His(6) was competent to direct polymerization of the SPP1 major capsid protein gp13 into procapsid-like structures in a newly developed assembly assay in vitro. Although native tetramers were active in assembly, refolded gp11-His(6) showed enhanced binding to gp13 revealing a more active species for interaction with the major capsid protein than native gp11-His(6).
journal_name
J Mol Bioljournal_title
Journal of molecular biologyauthors
Poh SL,el Khadali F,Berrier C,Lurz R,Melki R,Tavares Pdoi
10.1016/j.jmb.2008.02.028subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-05-02 00:00:00pages
551-64issue
3eissn
0022-2836issn
1089-8638pii
S0022-2836(08)00208-8journal_volume
378pub_type
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