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Journal of Virology, October 2000, p. 9421-9430, Vol. 74, No. 20
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Cytoplasmic Domain Signal Sequences That Mediate Transport of Varicella-Zoster Virus gB from the Endoplasmic Reticulum to the Golgi

Thomas C. Heineman,* Nancy Krudwig, and Susan L. Hall

Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110-0250

Received 12 May 2000/Accepted 23 July 2000

Normal herpesvirus assembly and egress depend on the correct intracellular localization of viral glycoproteins. While several post-Golgi transport motifs have been characterized within the cytoplasmic domains of various viral glycoproteins, few specific endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-to-Golgi transport signals have been described. We report the identification of two regions within the 125-amino-acid cytoplasmic domain of Varicella-Zoster virus gB that are required for its ER-to-Golgi transport. Native gB or gB containing deletions and specific point mutations in its cytoplasmic domain was expressed in mammalian cells. ER-to-Golgi transport of gB was assessed by indirect immunofluorescence and by the acquisition of Golgi-dependent posttranslational modifications. These studies revealed that the ER-to-Golgi transport of gB requires a nine-amino-acid region (YMTLVSAAE) within its cytoplasmic domain. Mutations of individual amino acids within this region markedly impaired the transport of gB from the ER to the Golgi, indicating that this domain functions by a sequence-dependent mechanism. Deletion of the C-terminal 17 amino acids of the gB cytoplasmic domain was also shown to impair the transport of gB from the ER to the Golgi. However, internal mutations within this region did not disrupt the transport of gB, indicating that its function during gB transport is not sequence dependent. Native gB is also transported to the nuclear membrane of transfected cells. gB lacking as many as 67 amino acids from the C terminus of its cytoplasmic domain continued to be transported to the nuclear membrane at apparently normal levels, indicating that the cytoplasmic domain of gB is not required for nuclear membrane localization.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: 3635 Vista Ave., FDT-8N, St. Louis, MO 63110-0250. Phone: (314) 577-8648. Fax: (314) 771-3816. E-mail: heinemtc{at}slu.edu.

Journal of Virology, October 2000, p. 9421-9430, Vol. 74, No. 20
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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