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ArticleScientific reports2016

Membrane protein assembly: two cytoplasmic phosphorylated serine sites of Vpu from HIV-1 affect oligomerization.

Chin-Pei Chen, Meng-Han Lin, Ya-Ting Chan, Li-Chyong Chen, Che Ma, Wolfgang B Fischer

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chin-Pei ChenInstitute of Biophotonics, School of Biomedical Science and Engineering and Biophotonics &Molecular Imaging Center (BMIRC), National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
Meng-Han LinInstitute of Biophotonics, School of Biomedical Science and Engineering and Biophotonics &Molecular Imaging Center (BMIRC), National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
Ya-Ting ChanGenomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
Li-Chyong ChenCenter for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
Che MaGenomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
Wolfgang B FischerInstitute of Biophotonics, School of Biomedical Science and Engineering and Biophotonics &Molecular Imaging Center (BMIRC), National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWGenomics Research Center, Academia Sinica · TWNational Taiwan University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viral protein U (Vpu) encoded by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is a short integral membrane protein which is known to self-assemble within the lipid membrane and associate with host factors during the HIV-1 infectivity cycle. In this study, full-length Vpu (M group) from clone NL4-3 was over-expressed in human cells and purified in an oligomeric state. Various single and double mutations were constructed on its phosphorylation sites to mimic different degrees of phosphorylation. Size exclusion chromatography of wild-type Vpu and mutants indicated that the smallest assembly unit of Vpu was a dimer and over time Vpu formed higher oligomers. The rate of oligomerization increased when (i) the degree of phosphorylation at serines 52 and 56 was decreased and (ii) when the ionic strength was increased indicating that the cytoplasmic domain of Vpu affects oligomerization. Coarse-grained molecular dynamic simulations with models of wild-type and mutant Vpu in a hydrated lipid bilayer supported the experimental data in demonstrating that, in addition to a previously known role in downregulation of host factors, the phosphorylation sites of Vpu also modulate oligomerization.

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HIV-1Amino Acid SequenceHEK293 CellsHuman Immunodeficiency Virus ProteinsHumansMolecular Dynamics SimulationPhosphorylationProtein MultimerizationProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalProtein Structure, QuaternarySerineViral Regulatory and Accessory ProteinsViroporin ProteinsHuman Immunodeficiency Virus ProteinsSerineViral Regulatory and Accessory ProteinsViroporin Proteinsvpu protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 1

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PMID27353136
PMCPMC4926278
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