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J Virol, March 1998, p. 1782-1789, Vol. 72, No. 3
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Analysis of the Assembly Function of the Human Immunodeficiency
Virus Type 1 Gag Protein Nucleocapsid Domain
Yaqiang
Zhang,
Haoyu
Qian,
Zachary
Love, and
Eric
Barklis*
Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical
Research and Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology,
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201-3098
Received 6 August 1997/Accepted 10 November 1997
Previous studies have shown that in addition to its function in
specific RNA encapsidation, the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) nucleocapsid (NC) is required for efficient virus particle
assembly. However, the mechanism by which NC facilitates the assembly
process is not clearly established. Formally, NC could act by
constraining the Pr55gag polyprotein into an
assembly-competent conformation or by masking residues which block the
assembly process. Alternatively, the capacity of NC to bind RNA or make
interprotein contacts might affect particle assembly. To examine its
role in the assembly process, we replaced the NC domain in
Pr55gag with polypeptide domains of known
function, and the chimeric proteins were analyzed for their abilities
to direct the release of virus-like particles. Our results indicate
that NC does not mask inhibitory domains and does not act passively, by
simply providing a stable folded monomeric structure. However,
replacement of NC by polypeptides which form interprotein contacts
permitted efficient virus particle assembly and release, even when RNA
was not detected in the particles. These results suggest that formation of interprotein contacts by NC is essential to the normal
HIV-1 assembly process.
*
Corresponding author. Mailing address: Vollum Institute
for Advanced Biomedical Research and Department of Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health Sciences University,
Portland, OR 97201-3098. Phone: (503) 494-8098. Fax: (503) 494-6862. E-mail: barklis{at}ohsu.edu.
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