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Journal of Virology, July 2000, p. 6520-6527, Vol. 74, No. 14
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Phosphorylation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Vpr Regulates Cell Cycle Arrest

Yi Zhou and Lee Ratner*

Departments of Medicine, Pathology, and Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110

Received 5 January 2000/Accepted 19 April 2000

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Vpr regulates nuclear transport of the viral preintegration complex, G2 cell cycle arrest, and transcriptional transactivation. We asked whether phosphorylation could affect Vpr activity. Vpr was found to be phosphorylated on serine residues in transiently transfected and infected cells. Residues 79, 94, and 96 were all found to be phosphorylated, as assessed by alanine mutations. Mutation of Ser-79 to Ala abrogated effects of Vpr on cell cycle progression, whereas mutation of Ser-94 and Ser-96 had no effect. Simultaneous mutation of all three Vpr serine residues attenuated HIV-1 replication in macrophages, whereas single and double Ser mutations had no effect.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Box 8069, 660 S. Euclid Ave., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110. Phone: (314) 362-8836. Fax: (314) 747-2797. E-mail: lratner{at}imgate.wustl.edu.

Journal of Virology, July 2000, p. 6520-6527, Vol. 74, No. 14
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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