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Journal of Virology, January 2002, p. 928-932, Vol. 76, No. 2
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.2.928-932.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Characterization of a Human Cytomegalovirus with Phosphorylation Site Mutations in the Immediate-Early 2 Protein

Julie A. Heider,1 Yongjun Yu,2 Thomas Shenk,1 and James C. Alwine2*

Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-1014,1 Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-61422

Received 19 July 2001/ Accepted 16 October 2001

A human cytomegalovirus mutant (TNsubIE2P) was constructed with alanine substitutions of four residues (T27, S144, T233, and S234) previously shown to be phosphorylated in the immediate-early 2 (IE2) protein. This mutant grew as well as the wild type at both low and high multiplicities of infection. The mutant activated the major immediate-early, UL4, and UL44 promoters to similar levels, and with similar kinetics, as wild-type virus. However, the TNsubIE2P mutant virus transactivated an endogenous simian virus 40 early promoter 4 h earlier and to higher levels than the wild-type virus in infected human fibroblasts. The modification of the IE2 protein by SUMO-1 (i.e., its sumoylated state) was also examined.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: 314 Biomedical Research Building, 421 Curie Blvd., School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6142. Phone: (215) 898-3256. Fax: (215) 573-3888. E-mail: alwine{at}mail.med.upenn.edu.

Journal of Virology, January 2002, p. 928-932, Vol. 76, No. 2
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.2.928-932.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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