Inositol phosphates compete with nucleic acids for binding to bovine leukemia virus matrix protein: Implications for deltaretroviral assembly

ABSTRACT The matrix (MA) domain of retroviral Gag proteins plays a crucial role in virion assembly. In human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1), a lentivirus, the presence of phosphatidylinositol‐(4,5)‐bisphosphate triggers a conformational change allowing the MA domain to bind the plasma membran...

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Published inProteins, structure, function, and bioinformatics Vol. 81; no. 8; pp. 1377 - 1385
Main Authors Qualley, Dominic F., Lackey, Crystal M., Paterson, Justin P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2013
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Summary:ABSTRACT The matrix (MA) domain of retroviral Gag proteins plays a crucial role in virion assembly. In human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1), a lentivirus, the presence of phosphatidylinositol‐(4,5)‐bisphosphate triggers a conformational change allowing the MA domain to bind the plasma membrane (PM). In this study, the MA protein from bovine leukemia virus (BLV) was used to investigate the mechanism of viral Gag binding to the membrane during replication of a deltaretrovirus. Fluorescence spectroscopy was used to measure the binding affinity of MA for two RNA constructs derived from the BLV genome as well as for single‐stranded DNA (ssDNA). The importance of electrostatic interactions and the ability of inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6) to compete with nucleic acids for binding to MA were also investigated. Our data show that IP6 effectively competes with RNA and DNA for BLV MA binding, while [NaCl] of greater than 100 mM is required to produce any observable effect on DNA‐MA binding. These results suggest that BLV assembly may be highly dependent on the specific interaction of the MA domain with components of the PM, as observed previously with HIV‐1. The mode of MA binding to nucleic acids and the implications for BLV assembly are discussed. Proteins 2013; 81:1377–1385. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Bibliography:ark:/67375/WNG-16CLLC8K-2
National Science Foundation - No. CHE - 1125616
startup funds, a Faculty Development Grant from Berry College (to D.F.Q.), and the Student Work Program at Berry College (to C.M.P. and J.P.P.)
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ISSN:0887-3585
1097-0134
DOI:10.1002/prot.24281