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Journal of Virology, November 2003, p. 12074-12082, Vol. 77, No. 22
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.22.12074-12082.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Dissociation of Rabies Virus Matrix Protein Functions in Regulation of Viral RNA Synthesis and Virus Assembly

Stefan Finke and Karl-Klaus Conzelmann*

Max von Pettenkofer Institute and Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Received 13 May 2003/ Accepted 7 August 2003

Recently, we have shown that the rabies virus (RV) matrix (M) protein regulates the balance of virus RNA synthesis by shifting synthesis activity from transcription to replication (S. Finke, R. Mueller-Waldeck, and K. K. Conzelmann, J. Gen. Virol. 84:1613-1621, 2003). Here we describe the identification of an M residue critical for regulation of RV RNA synthesis. By analyzing the phenotype of heterotypic RV M proteins with respect to RNA synthesis of RV SAD L16, we identified the M proteins of the RV ERA and PV strains as deficient. Comparison of M sequences suggested that a single residue, arginine 58, was critical. A recombinant virus having this amino acid exchanged with a glycine, SAD M(R58G), has lost the abilities to downregulate RV transcription and to stimulate replication. This resulted in an increase in the transcription rate of more than 15-fold, as previously observed for M deletion mutants. Most importantly, the efficiencies of virus assembly and budding were equal for wild-type M and M(R58G), as determined in assays studying the transient complementation of an M- and G-deficient RV construct, NPgrL. In addition, virus particle density, protein composition, and specific infectivity of SAD L16 and SAD M(R58G) viruses were identical. Thus, we have identified mutations that affect the function of M only in regulation of RNA synthesis, but not in assembly and budding, providing evidence that these functions are genetically separable.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Max-von-Pettenkofer Institute and Gene Center, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25, D-81377 Münich, Germany. Phone: 49 89 218076851. Fax: 49 89 218076899. E-mail: conzelma{at}lmb.uni-muenchen.de.

Journal of Virology, November 2003, p. 12074-12082, Vol. 77, No. 22
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.22.12074-12082.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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