Journal of Virology, June 2004, p. 5913-5922, Vol. 78, No. 11
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.11.5913-5922.2004
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Intracellular Targeting Signals Contribute to Localization of Coronavirus Spike Proteins near the Virus Assembly Site
Erik Lontok, Emily Corse,
and Carolyn E. Machamer*
Department of Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
Received 19 December 2003/
Accepted 16 January 2004
Coronavirus budding at the endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC) requires accumulation of the viral envelope proteins at this point in the secretory pathway. Here we demonstrate that the spike (S) protein from the group 3 coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) contains a canonical dilysine endoplasmic reticulum retrieval signal (-KKXX-COOH) in its cytoplasmic tail. This signal can retain a chimeric reporter protein in the ERGIC and when mutated allows transport of the full-length S protein as well as the chimera to the plasma membrane. Interestingly, the IBV S protein also contains a tyrosine-based endocytosis signal in its cytoplasmic tail, suggesting that any S protein that escapes the ERGIC will be rapidly endocytosed when it reaches the plasma membrane. We also identified a novel dibasic motif (-KXHXX-COOH) in the cytoplasmic tails of S proteins from group 1 coronaviruses and from the newly identified coronavirus implicated in severe acute respiratory syndrome. This dibasic motif also retained a reporter protein in the ERGIC, similar to the dilysine motif in IBV S. The cytoplasmic tails of S proteins from group 2 coronaviruses lack an intracellular localization signal. The inherent differences in S-protein trafficking could point to interesting variations in pathogenesis of coronaviruses, since increased levels of surface S protein could promote syncytium formation and direct cell-to-cell spread of the infection.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205. Phone: (410) 955-1809. Fax: (410) 955-4129. E-mail: machamer{at}jhmi.edu.
Present address: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Calif.
Journal of Virology, June 2004, p. 5913-5922, Vol. 78, No. 11
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.11.5913-5922.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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