Structure, interactions and dynamics of PRD1 virus I. Coupling of subunit folding and capsid assembly.
Structure, interactions and dynamics of PRD1 virus I. Coupling of subunit folding and capsid assembly.
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PRD1 病毒的结构、相互作用和动力学 I。亚基折叠和衣壳组装的耦合。
DOI:
10.1006/jmbi.1996.0149
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
ThomasJr,GJ
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作者:
Tuma,R;Bamford,JH;Bamford,DH;Russell,MP;ThomasJr,GJ
BacteriophagePRD1, which infectsEscherichia coliandSalmonella typhimurium, consists of an icosahedral capsid enclosing a membrane-pack aged double-stranded DNA genome. The viral shell has been investigated using time and temperature resolved Raman and ultraviolet-resonance Raman spectroscopy to reveal novel features of the capsid structure and its pathway of assembly from P3 subunits. Raman spectra show that the shell is thermostable to 50°C, and disassembles between 50 and 70°C with only a small change in P3 conformation. However, the products of thermal dis- assembly depend sensitively upon total protein concentration. Charac- terization by analytical ultracentrifugation indicates that below 8 mg/ml, the purified shell dissassembles primarily into P3 trimers; at higher concen- trations, larger multimers of P3 are formed. Guanidine hydrochloride (GuHCl) dissociation of the P3 shell yields similar results. Purified P3 trimers, isolated either by heat or GuHCl treatment, exhibit structure sensitivity between 30 and 50°C. Thus, shell disassembly diminishes P3 thermostability. Both the lower temperature transition (30°C to 50°C) of the trimer and the higher temperature transition (50°C to 70°C) of the shell involve a conversion of ≈5% of the P3 peptide backbone from α-helix to β-strand. Deuterium exchange of the P3 peptide backbone reveals more rapid exchange in the shell than in the trimer, consistent with the observed non-specific polymerization of trimers at high concentration. Conversely, the exchange of indole 1NH groups shows that ≈65% of tryptophan residues are protected against exchange in the assembled shell. The results suggest a mechanism for shell assembly in which the specific association of trimers into the correct shell architecture involves stabilization of a subunit α-helical domain and sequestering of selected side-chains from solvent access. We propose a capsid assembly model which couples P3 shell formation with the final step in folding of the P3 subunit.