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J Virol, May 1998, p. 3554-3559, Vol. 72, No. 5
0022-538X/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Elongation of the Cytoplasmic Tail Interferes with the Fusion Activity of Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin

Masanobu Ohuchi,dagger Christian Fischer, Reiko Ohuchi,Dagger Astrid Herwig, and Hans-Dieter Klenk*

Institut für Virologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35011 Marburg, Germany

Received 17 November 1997/Accepted 21 January 1998

The hemagglutinin (HA) of fowl plague virus was lengthened and shortened by site-specific mutagenesis at the cytoplasmic tail, and the effects of these modifications on HA functions were analyzed after expression from a simian virus 40 vector. Elongation of the tail by the addition of one to six histidine (His) residues did not interfere with intracellular transport, glycosylation, proteolytic cleavage, acylation, cell surface expression, and hemadsorption. However, the ability to induce syncytia at a low pH decreased dramatically depending on the number of His residues added. Partial fusion (hemifusion), assayed by fluorescence transfer from octadecylrhodamine-labeled erythrocyte membranes, was also reduced, but even with the mutant carrying six His residues, significant transfer was observed. However, when the formation of fusion pores was examined with hydrophilic fluorescent calcein, transfer from erythrocytes to HA-expressing cells was not observed with the mutant carrying six histidine residues. The addition of different amino acids to the cytoplasmic tail of HA caused an inhibitory effect similar to that caused by the addition of His. On the other hand, a mutant lacking the cytoplasmic tail was still able to fuse at a reduced level. These results demonstrate that elongation of the cytoplasmic tail interferes with the formation and enlargement of fusion pores. Thus, the length of the cytoplasmic tail plays a critical role in the fusion process.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Virologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Postfach 2360, 35011 Marburg, Germany. Phone: (6421) 28 6253. Fax: (6421) 28 8962. E-mail: KLENK{at}mailer.uni-marburg.de.

dagger Present address: Department of Microbiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Matsushima 577, Kurashiki, Okayama 70101, Japan.

Dagger Present address: Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, 2-6 Musashidai, Fuchu, Tokyo 183, Japan.

J Virol, May 1998, p. 3554-3559, Vol. 72, No. 5
0022-538X/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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