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Journal of Virology, December 1999, p. 9984-9991, Vol. 73, No. 12
0022-538X/99/$04.00+0

Hyperphosphorylation of the Hepatitis C Virus NS5A Protein Requires an Active NS3 Protease, NS4A, NS4B, and NS5A Encoded on the Same Polyprotein

Petra Neddermann,* Angelica Clementi, and Raffaele De Francesco

Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare "P. Angeletti," 00040 Pomezia (Roma), Italy

Received 27 May 1999/Accepted 3 August 1999

The nonstructural protein NS5A of hepatitis c virus (HCV) has been demonstrated to be a phosphoprotein with an apparent molecular mass of 56 kDa. In the presence of other viral proteins, p56 is converted into a slower-migrating form of NS5A (p58) by additional phosphorylation events. In this report, we show that the presence of NS3, NS4A, and NS4B together with NS5A is necessary and sufficient for the generation of the hyperphosphorylated form of NS5A (p58) and that all proteins must be encoded on the same polyprotein (in cis). Kinetic studies of NS5A synthesis and pulse-chase experiments demonstrate that fully processed NS5A is the substrate for the formation of p58 and that p56 is converted to p58. To investigate the role of NS3 in NS5A hyperphosphorylation, point and deletion mutations were introduced into NS3 in the context of a polyprotein containing the proteins from NS3 to NS5A. Mutation of the catalytic serine residue into alanine abolished protease activity of NS3 and resulted in total inhibition of NS5A hyperphosphorylation, even if polyprotein processing was allowed by addition of NS3 and NS4A in trans. The same result was obtained by deletion of the first 10 or 28 N-terminal amino acids of NS3, which are known to be important for the formation of a stable complex between NS3 and its cofactor NS4A. These data suggest that the formation of p58 is closely connected to HCV polyprotein processing events. Additional data obtained with NS3 containing the 34 C-terminal residues of NS2 provide evidence that in addition to NS3 protease activity the authentic N-terminal sequence is required for NS5A hyperphosphorylation.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: IRBM, Via Pontina Km 30,600, 00040 Pomezia/Roma, Italy. Phone: 39-06-91093221. Fax: 39-06-91093225. E-mail: Neddermann{at}IRBM.it.

Journal of Virology, December 1999, p. 9984-9991, Vol. 73, No. 12
0022-538X/99/$04.00+0


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