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ArticleJournal of virology2018

Hepatitis B Virus Core Protein Dephosphorylation Occurs during Pregenomic RNA Encapsidation.

Qiong Zhao, Zhanying Hu, Junjun Cheng, Shuo Wu, Yue Luo, Jinhong Chang, Jianming Hu, Ju-Tao Guo

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Article in Journal of virology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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45 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Qiong ZhaoBaruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA.
Zhanying HuBaruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA.
Junjun ChengBaruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA.
Shuo WuBaruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA.
Yue LuoBaruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jinhong ChangBaruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jianming HuDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ju-Tao GuoBaruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA ju-tao.guo@bblumberg.org.
Baruch S. Blumberg Institute · USPennsylvania State University · USSecond Xiangya Hospital of Central South University · CN

Funding

MECHANISMS OF HEPADNAVIRUS ASSEMBLY AND REPLICATIONR01AI043453 · NIAID · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI HU, JIANMING · 1999 to 2017
$5.9M
Mechanisms of Hepadnavirus Assembly and ReplicationR37AI043453 · NIAID · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI Jianming Hu · 2018 to 2026
$3.8M
Evaulation of therapeutic benefits of HBV nucleocapsid assembly inhibitorsR01AI113267 · NIAID · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI DU, YANMING, GUO, JU-TAO · 2014 to 2018
$2.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI043453NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI113267NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI043453
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) core protein consists of an N-terminal assembly domain and a C-terminal domain (CTD) with seven conserved serines or threonines that are dynamically phosphorylated/dephosphorylated during the viral replication cycle. Sulfamoylbenzamide derivatives are small molecular core protein allosteric modulators (CpAMs) that bind to the heteroaryldihydropyrimidine (HAP) pocket between the core protein dimer-dimer interfaces. CpAM binding alters the kinetics and pathway of capsid assembly and can result in the formation of morphologically "normal" capsids devoid of viral pregenomic RNA (pgRNA) and DNA polymerase. In order to investigate the mechanism underlying CpAM inhibition of pgRNA encapsidation, we developed an immunoblotting assay that can resolve core protein based on its phosphorylation status and demonstrated, for the first time, that core protein is hyperphosphorylated in free dimers and empty capsids from both mock-treated and CpAM-treated cells but is hypophosphorylated in pgRNA- and DNA-containing nucleocapsids. Interestingly, inhibition of pgRNA encapsidation by a heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) inhibitor prevented core protein dephosphorylation. Moreover, core proteins with point mutations at the wall of the HAP pocket, V124A and V124W, assembled empty capsids and nucleocapsids with altered phosphorylation status. The results thus suggest that core protein dephosphorylation occurs in the assembly of pgRNA and that interference with the interaction between core protein subunits at dimer-dimer interfaces during nucleocapsid assembly alters not only capsid structure, but also core protein dephosphorylation. Hence, inhibition of pgRNA encapsidation by CpAMs might be due to disruption of core protein dephosphorylation during nucleocapsid assembly.

Indexed as

Genome, ViralVirus AssemblyAllosteric RegulationCapsidCells, CulturedHepatitis BHepatitis B virusHepatocytesHumansPhosphorylationRNA PrecursorsRNA, ViralViral Core ProteinsVirus ReplicationRNA PrecursorsRNA, ViralViral Core Proteinsantiviral agentscapsid assemblycapsid assembly modulatorshepatitis B virusprotein phosphorylationviral replication

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PMID29669831
PMCPMC6002726
OpenAlexW2802639099

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