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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2021

Two Cholesterol Recognition Amino Acid Consensus Motifs of GP64 with Uncleaved Signal Peptide Are Required for Bombyx mori Nucleopolyhedrovirus Infection.

Bifang Hao, Wenbin Nan, Ying Xu, Lin Liu, Na Liu, Jinshan Huang

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bifang HaoJiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Wenbin NanJiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Ying XuJiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Lin LiuJiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Na LiuJiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Jinshan HuangJiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Jiangsu University of Science and Technology · CNSericultural Research Institute · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The signal peptide (SP) of integrated membrane proteins is removed cotranslationally or posttranslationally in the endoplasmic reticulum, while GP64, a membrane fusion protein of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV), retains its SP in the mature protein and virion. In this study, we revealed that uncleaved SP is a key determinant with additional functions in infection. First, uncleaved SP endows BmNPV with strong virulence; second, SP retention-induced BmNPV infection depends on cholesterol recognition amino acid consensus domain 1 (CRAC1) and CRAC2. In contrast, the recombinant virus with SP-cleaved GP64 has reduced infectivity, and only CRAC2 is required for BmNPV infection. Furthermore, we showed that cholesterol in the plasma membrane is an important fusion receptor that interacts with CRAC2 of GP64. Our study suggested that BmNPV GP64 is a key cholesterol-binding protein and uncleaved SP determines GP64's unique dependence on the CRAC domains.

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Amino Acid MotifsBombyxCholesterolMembrane Fusion ProteinsNucleopolyhedrovirusesProtein Sorting SignalsAnimalsCell LineCell MembraneConsensus SequenceHost SpecificityMembrane FusionVirulenceCholesterolMembrane Fusion ProteinsProtein Sorting SignalsbaculovirusBmNPVBombyx moricholesterol recognition amino acid consensusGP64membrane fusionsignal peptide

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PMID34937190
PMCPMC8694094
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