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Journal of Virology, November 2002, p. 10801-10810, Vol. 76, No. 21
0022-538X/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.21.10801-10810.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Characterization of Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus p12 Mutants Blocked during Early Events of Infection

Bing Yuan,1 Ariberto Fassati,1 Andrew Yueh,2 and Stephen P. Goff1,2*

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,1 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 100322

Received 20 May 2002/ Accepted 30 July 2002

Mutations affecting either the N- or C-terminal regions of the Gag protein p12 block replication of Moloney murine leukemia virus (M-MuLV). Viruses carrying mutations in this portion of gag can mediate the assembly and release of virions but are unable to successfully carry out the early phase of the M-MuLV life cycle. Wild-type and mutant viruses were found to synthesize similar levels of linear viral DNA in both cytoplasmic and nuclear fractions, and there were no significant differences in either the density or sedimentation of the viral protein-nucleic acid complexes. Analysis of the termini of the linear viral DNAs showed that the 3' ends of the mutant viral DNA were processed normally by the integrase. Further, the preintegration complexes extracted from the cytoplasm of cells infected with the mutant viruses were competent for integration into target DNA in vitro. Nevertheless, no circular viral DNAs were detected in cells infected by the mutants, and functional proviruses were not formed. These results suggest that p12 has an unexpected role in the early phase of the life cycle and is needed after viral DNA synthesis to deliver the incoming DNA to the correct location and in the appropriate state to permit either circularization or integration of the viral DNA in vivo.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 701 W. 168th St., New York, NY 10032. Phone: (212) 305-3794. Fax: (212) 305-8692. E-mail: goff{at}cancercenter.columbia.edu.

Journal of Virology, November 2002, p. 10801-10810, Vol. 76, No. 21
0022-538X/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.21.10801-10810.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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