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Envelope Proteins of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus: Effect of Temperature-Sensitive Mutations in Complementation Groups III and V

¹ Laboratoire de Biologie Expérimentale, Bât. 400, Université Paris-Sud, Centre d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay, France
Institut de Microbiologie, Bât. 409, Université Paris-Sud, Centre d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay, France

ABSTRACT

All five major viral proteins were synthesized in chicken embryo cells infected with vesicular stomatitis virus temperature-sensitive (ts) mutants of complementation groups III and V and maintained at the nonpermissive temperature. The distribution of these proteins among cytoplasmic cellular fractions separated on discontinuous sucrose gradients was identical for wild-type and tsIII-infected cells. Strikingly different patterns were observed for the G protein in gradients from cells infected by tsV mutants; very little, if any, G protein was found in the lightest fraction. Pulse and chase experiments with wild-type, virus-infected cells showed that protein G moves from the heaviest to the lightest fraction before being incorporated into the virion. After shift down to the permissive temperature (30 C), G protein synthesized at 39.6 C in tsV-infected cells became associated with the lightest cellular fraction and later with the released virions. In contrast, M protein, synthesized at 39.6 C in tsIII-infected cells, was not incorporated into the virions after shift down. These data strongly suggest, first, that M protein is encoded by the vesicular stomatitis gene III, and second, that incorporation of G protein in the lightest cellular fraction is a necessary step of vesicular stomatitis maturation. This step is impaired by tsV mutations.

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