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Role of the Rous sarcoma virus p10 domain in shape determination of gag virus-like particles assembled in vitro and within Escherichia coli.

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:Purified retrovirus Gag proteins can assemble in vitro into virus-like particles (VLPs) in the presence of RNA. It was shown previously that a Rous sarcoma virus Gag protein missing only the protease domain forms spherical particles resembling immature virions lacking a membrane but that a similar protein missing the p10 domain forms tubular particles. Thus, p10 plays a role in spherical particle formation. To further study this shape-determining function, we dissected the p10 domain by mutagenesis and examined VLPs assembled within Escherichia coli or assembled in vitro from purified proteins. The results identified a minimal contiguous segment of 25 amino acid residues at the C terminus of p10 that is sufficient to restore efficient spherical assembly to a p10 deletion mutant. Random and site-directed mutations were introduced into this segment of polypeptide, and the shapes of particles formed in E. coli were examined in crude extracts by electron microscopy. Three phenotypes were observed: tubular morphology, spherical morphology, or no regular structure. While the particle morphology visualized in crude extracts generally was the same as that visualized for purified proteins, some tubular mutants scored as spherical when tested as purified proteins, suggesting that a cellular factor may also play a role in shape determination. We also examined the assembly properties of smaller Gag proteins consisting of the capsid protein-nucleocapsid protein (CA-NC) domains with short N-terminal extensions or deletions. Addition of one or three residues allowed CA-NC to form spheres instead of tubes in vitro, but the efficiency of assembly was extremely low. Deletion of the N-terminal residue(s) abrogated assembly. Taken together, these results imply that the N terminus of CA and the adjacent upstream 25 residues play an important role in the polymerization of the Gag protein.

journal_name

J Virol

journal_title

Journal of virology

authors

Joshi SM,Vogt VM

doi

10.1128/jvi.74.21.10260-10268.2000

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-11-01 00:00:00

pages

10260-8

issue

eissn

0022-538X

issn

1098-5514

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Role of the Rous sarcoma virus p10 domain in shape determination of gag virus-like particles assembled in vitro and within Escherichia coli.