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ArticleJournal of virology2008

Mutations in the spacer peptide and adjoining sequences in Rous sarcoma virus Gag lead to tubular budding.

Paul W Keller, Marc C Johnson, Volker M Vogt

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Article in Journal of virology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Paul W KellerDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Biotechnology Bldg., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Marc C Johnson
Volker M Vogt
Cornell University · USUniversity of Missouri · US

Funding

AVIAN RETROVIRUS STRUCTURE AND ASSEMBLYR01CA020081 · NCI · CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA · PI VOGT, VOLKER M. · 1985 to 2011
$3.9M
Elucidation of HIV Env acquisition strategiesR01AI073098 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI JOHNSON, MARC C · 2008 to 2012
$1.5M
AVIAN RETROVIRUS STRUCTURE AND ASSEMBLYR37CA020081 · NCI · CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA · PI VOGT, VOLKER M. · 1988 to 1995
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NCI NIH HHS CA20081NCI NIH HHS R01 CA020081NIAID NIH HHS AI73098NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI073098
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All orthoretroviruses encode a single structural protein, Gag, which is necessary and sufficient for the assembly and budding of enveloped virus-like particles from the cell. The Gag proteins of Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) contain a short spacer peptide (SP or SP1, respectively) separating the capsid (CA) and nucleocapsid (NC) domains. SP or SP1 and the residues immediately upstream are known to be critical for proper assembly. Using mutagenesis and electron microscopy analysis of insect cells or chicken cells overexpressing RSV Gag, we defined the SP assembly domain to include the last 8 residues of CA, all 12 residues of SP, and the first 4 residues of NC. Five- or two-amino acid glycine-rich insertions or substitutions in this critical region uniformly resulted in the budding of abnormal, long tubular particles. The equivalent SP1-containing HIV-1 Gag sequence was unable to functionally replace the RSV sequence in supporting normal RSV spherical assembly. According to secondary structure predictions, RSV and HIV-1 SP/SP1 and adjoining residues may form an alpha helix, and what is likely the functionally equivalent sequence in murine leukemia virus Gag has been inferred by mutational analysis to form an amphipathic alpha helix. However, our alanine insertion mutagenesis did not provide evidence for an amphipathic helix in RSV Gag. Taken together, these results define a short assembly domain between the folded portions of CA and NC, which is essential for formation of the immature Gag shell.

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MutationAmino Acid SequenceAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsCell LineChickensGene Products, gagGenetic Complementation TestHIV-1Leukemia Virus, MurineMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, InsertionalProtein Structure, SecondaryRecombination, Geneticgag protein p19, Rous sarcoma virusGene Products, gag

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PMID18448521
PMCPMC2446955
OpenAlexW2042938599

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