期刊
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 414, 期 3, 页码 442-459出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.09.045
关键词
alphavirus; cryo-reconstruction; glycoprotein; virus assembly; cytoplasmic domain
资金
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [P01 AI-55672, GM56279, R37 GM-033050]
- W. M. Keck Foundation
- National Science Foundation [BIR-9112921]
- University of California, San Diego
- Agouron foundation
A three-dimensional reconstruction of Sindbis virus at 7.0 angstrom resolution presented here provides a detailed view of the virion structure and includes structural evidence for key interactions that occur between the capsid protein (CP) and transmembrane (TM) glycoproteins E1 and E2. Based on crystal structures of component proteins and homology modeling, we constructed a nearly complete, pseudo-atomic model of the virus. Notably, this includes identification of the 33-residue cytoplasmic domain of E2 (cdE2), which follows a path from the E2 TM helix to the CP where it enters and exits the CP hydrophobic pocket and then folds back to contact the viral membrane. Modeling analysis identified three major contact regions between cdE2 and CP, and the roles of specific residues were probed by molecular genetics. This identified R393 and E395 of cdE2 and Y162 and K252 of CP as critical for virus assembly. The N-termini of the CPs form a contiguous network that interconnects 12 pentameric and 30 hexameric CP capsomers. A single glycoprotein spike cross-links three neighboring CP capsomers as might occur during initiation of virus budding. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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