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ArticleVirology2007

A second-site suppressor significantly improves the defective phenotype imposed by mutation of an aromatic residue in the N-terminal domain of the HIV-1 capsid protein.

Shixing Tang, Sherimay Ablan, Megan Dueck, Wilfredo Ayala-López, Brenda Soto, Margaret Caplan, Kunio Nagashima, Indira K Hewlett, Eric O Freed, Judith G Levin

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Article in Virology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Shixing TangViral Gene Regulation Section, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Building 6B, Room 216, Bethesda, MD 20892-2780, USA.
Sherimay Ablan
Megan Dueck
Wilfredo Ayala-López
Brenda Soto
Margaret Caplan
Kunio Nagashima
Indira K Hewlett
Eric O Freed
Judith G Levin
National Institutes of Health · USFrederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research · USCenter for Biologics Evaluation and Research · USNational Cancer Institute · US

Funding

MOLECULAR GENETICS OF MAMMALIAN RETROVIRUS REPLICATIONZ01HD000069 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI LEVIN, JUDITH G · 1985 to 2008
$1.8M
Retroviral Gag Trafficking, Env Incorporation, and Virus AssemblyZ01BC010775 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI FREED, ERIC · 2007 to 2008
$961k
Retrovirus Budding and Endosomal SortingZ01BC010776 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI FREED, ERIC · 2007 to 2008
$899k
Lipid Microdomains and HIV-1 ReplicationZ01BC010777 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI FREED, ERIC · 2007 to 2008
$620k
Intramural NIH HHSNCI NIH HHS N01 CO012400NCI NIH HHS N01-CO-12400NICHD NIH HHS Z01 HD000069-33
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The HIV-1 capsid (CA) protein plays an important role in virus assembly and infectivity. Previously, we showed that Ala substitutions in the N-terminal residues Trp23 and Phe40 cause a severely defective phenotype. In searching for mutations at these positions that result in a non-lethal phenotype, we identified one candidate, W23F. Mutant virions contained aberrant cores, but unlike W23A, also displayed some infectivity in a single-round replication assay and delayed replication kinetics in MT-4 cells. Following long-term passage in MT-4 cells, two second-site mutations were isolated. In particular, the W23F/V26I mutation partially restored the wild-type phenotype, including production of particles with conical cores and wild-type replication kinetics in MT-4 cells. A structural model is proposed to explain the suppressor phenotype. These findings describe a novel occurrence, namely suppression of a mutation in a hydrophobic residue that is critical for maintaining the structural integrity of CA and proper core assembly.

Indexed as

Suppression, GeneticVirus ReplicationCapsid ProteinsCell LineHIV-1HumansMicrobial ViabilityMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionModels, MolecularMutationPhenotypeProtein Structure, TertiaryRNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseVirionCapsid ProteinsRNA-Directed DNA Polymerase

Identifiers

PMID17055023
PMCPMC1851891
OpenAlexW2010541875

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