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J Virol. 1984 May; 50(2): 471-477

Temperature-sensitive BC mutants of simian virus 40: block in virion assembly and accumulation of capsid-chromatin complexes.

ABSTRACT

We examined the morphology, protein composition, and stability of the nucleoprotein complexes assembled in cells infected with simian virus 40 mutants belonging to the BC complementation group (tsBC11, tsBC208, tsBC214, tsB216, tsBC217, tsBC248, tsBC223, and tsBC274). We found that the 220S virions were not assembled in tsBC-infected cells under restrictive conditions. This block in assembly resulted in the accumulation of 75S chromatin in tsBC11-infected cells, as previously observed by Garber et al. (E.A. Garber, M.M. Seidman, and A.J. Levine, Virology 107:389-401, 1980). In cells infected with any other mutant listed above, the block in assembly resulted in the accumulation of 75S chromatin as well as nucleoprotein complexes sedimenting from 90 to 140S. Biochemical analysis revealed that these latter complexes contained the capsid proteins in addition to simian virus 40 DNA and the cellular core histones. Electron microscopic analysis clearly showed the association of the capsid proteins with the viral chromatin. Our results suggest that these proteins interact with simian virus 40 chromatin in the course of virion maturation and may thus play an active role in controlling simian virus 40 functions.

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