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ArticleJournal of virology2018

Common and Distinct Capsid and Surface Protein Requirements for Secretion of Complete and Genome-Free Hepatitis B Virions.

Xiaojun Ning, Laurie Luckenbaugh, Kuancheng Liu, Volker Bruss, Camille Sureau, Jianming Hu

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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 41 papers.

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Xiaojun NingDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Laurie LuckenbaughDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Kuancheng LiuDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Volker BrussInstitute for Virology, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Neuherberg, Germany.
Camille SureauINTS INSERM U1134, Paris, France.
Jianming HuDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA juh13@psu.edu.
Pennsylvania State University · USHelmholtz Zentrum München · DEInserm · FR

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
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI043453NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI043453
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the morphogenesis of hepatitis B virus (HBV), an enveloped virus, two types of virions are secreted: (i) a minor population of complete virions containing a mature nucleocapsid with the characteristic, partially double-stranded, relaxed circular DNA genome and (ii) a major population containing an empty capsid with no DNA or RNA (empty virions). Secretion of both types of virions requires interactions between the HBV capsid or core protein (HBc) and the viral surface or envelope proteins. We have studied the requirements from both HBc and envelope proteins for empty virion secretion in comparison with those for secretion of complete virions. Substitutions within the N-terminal domain of HBc that block secretion of DNA-containing virions reduced but did not prevent secretion of empty virions. The HBc C-terminal domain was not essential for empty virion secretion. Among the three viral envelope proteins, the smallest, S, alone was sufficient for empty virion secretion at a basal level. The largest protein, L, essential for complete virion secretion, was not required but could stimulate empty virion secretion. Also, substitutions in L that eliminated secretion of complete virions reduced but did not eliminate empty virion secretion. S mutations that blocked secretion of the hepatitis D virus (HDV), an HBV satellite, did not block secretion of either empty or complete HBV virions. Together, these results indicate that both common and distinct signals on empty capsids and mature nucleocapsids interact with the S and L proteins during the formation of complete and empty virions.

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BiomarkersCapsidCapsid ProteinsDNA, ViralGenome, ViralHepatitis BHepatitis B virusHumansNucleocapsidRNA, ViralViral Envelope ProteinsVirionVirus AssemblyVirus ReplicationBiomarkersCapsid ProteinsDNA, ViralRNA, ViralViral Envelope Proteinscapsidcomplete virionempty virionenvelopehepadnavirushepatitis B virusvirus secretion

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PMID29743374
PMCPMC6026761
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