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J. Virol., Feb 1997, 1281-1291, Vol 71, No. 2
Copyright © 1997, American Society for Microbiology

Assembly of herpes simplex virus capsids using the human cytomegalovirus scaffold protein: critical role of the C terminus

NL Oien, DR Thomsen, MW Wathen, WW Newcomb, JC Brown and FL Homa
Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007, USA.

An essential step in assembly of herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 capsids involves interaction of the major capsid protein (VP5) with the C terminus of the scaffolding protein (encoded by the UL26.5 gene). The final 12 residues of the HSV scaffolding protein contains an A-X-X-F- V/A-X-Q-M-M-X-X-R motif which is conserved between scaffolding proteins found in other alphaherpesviruses but not in members of the beta- or gamma-herpesviruses. Previous studies have shown that the bovine herpesvirus 1 (alphaherpesvirus) UL26.5 homolog will functionally substitute for the HSV UL26.5 gene (E. J. Haanes et al., J. Virol. 69:7375-7379, 1995). The homolog of the UL26.5 gene in the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) genome is the UL80.5 gene. In these studies, we tested whether the HCMV UL80.5 gene would substitute for the HSV UL26.5 gene in a baculovirus capsid assembly system that we have previously described (D. R. Thomsen et al., J. Virol. 68:2442-2457, 1994). The results demonstrate that (i) no intact capsids were assembled when the full-length or a truncated (missing the C-terminal 65 amino acids) UL80.5 protein was tested; (ii) when the C-terminal 65 amino acids of the UL80.5 protein were replaced with the C-terminal 25 amino acids of the UL26.5 protein, intact capsids were made and direct interaction of the UL80.5 protein with VP5 was detected; (iii) assembly of intact capsids was demonstrated when the sequence of the last 12 amino acids of the UL80.5 protein was changed from RRIFVA ALNKLE to RRIFVAAMMKLE; (iv) self-interaction of the scaffold proteins is mediated by sequences N terminal to the maturation cleavage site; and (v) the UL26.5 and UL80.5 proteins will not coassemble into scaffold structures. The results suggest that the UL26.5 and UL80.5 proteins form a scaffold by self-interaction via sequences in the N termini of the proteins and emphasize the importance of the C terminus for interaction of scaffold with the proteins that form the capsid shell.


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