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Journal of Virology, June 2004, p. 5554-5563, Vol. 78, No. 11
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.11.5554-5563.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Context-Dependent Effects of L Domains and Ubiquitination on Viral Budding

Juan Martin-Serrano, David Perez-Caballero, and Paul D. Bieniasz*

Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center and Rockefeller University, New York, New York

Received 3 December 2003/ Accepted 30 January 2004

Many enveloped viruses encode late assembly domains, or L domains, that facilitate virion egress. PTAP-type L domains act by recruiting the ESCRT-I (endosomal sorting complex required for transport I) component Tsg101, and YPXL/LXXLF-type L domains recruit AIP-1/ALIX, both of which are class E vacuolar protein sorting (VPS) factors, normally required for the generation of vesicles within endosomes. The binding cofactors for PPXY-type L domains have not been unambiguously resolved but may include Nedd4-like ubiquitin ligases. Largely because they act as autonomous binding sites for host factors, L domains are generally transferable and active in a context-independent manner. Ebola virus matrix protein (EbVP40) contains two overlapping L-domain motifs within the sequence ILPTAPPEYMEA. Here, we show that both motifs are required for efficient EbVP40 budding. However, upon transplantation into two different retroviral contexts, the relative contributions of the PTAP and PPEY motifs differ markedly. In a murine leukemia virus carrying the EbVP40 sequence, both motifs contributed to overall L domain activity, and budding proceeded in a partly Tsg101-independent manner. Conversely, when transplanted into the context of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), EbVP40 L-domain activity was entirely due to a PTAP-Tsg101 interaction. In fact, a number of PPXY-type L domains were inactive in the context of HIV-1. Surprisingly, PTAP and YPXL-type L domains that simulated HIV-1 budding reduced the amount of ubiquitin conjugated to Gag, while inactive PPXY-type L domains increased Gag ubiquitination. These observations suggest that active L domains recruit deubiquitinating enzymes as a consequence of class E VPS factor recruitment. Moreover, context-dependent L-domain function may reflect distinct requirements for host functions during the morphogenesis of different viral particles or the underlying presence of additional, as yet undiscovered L domains.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, 455 First Ave., New York, NY 10021. Phone: (212) 448-5070. Fax: (212) 725-1126. E-mail: pbienias{at}adarc.org.

Journal of Virology, June 2004, p. 5554-5563, Vol. 78, No. 11
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.11.5554-5563.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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