STUDIES ON EFFECT OF CHYMOTRYPSIN ON REOVIRIONS
STUDIES ON EFFECT OF CHYMOTRYPSIN ON REOVIRIONS
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DOI:
10.1016/0042-6822(72)90527-2
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发表时间:
1972-01-01
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
JOKLIK, WK
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作者:
JOKLIK, WK
The effect of chymotrypsin on the chemical and biological properties of three strains of reovirus, namely Dearing, Abney, and Carter, was studied.At low enzyme concentrations (less than 100 μg/ml provided that the virus concentration was not below 100 μg/ml) chymotrypsin converted reovirions to cores via several stages. The first stage consisted of the removal of capsid polypeptide σ3 and yielded particles which retained full infectivity, lost their oligonucleotides on prolonged incubation at 37°, and possessed no transcriptase activity. The second stage involved the removal of polypeptide μ2 via a series of sequentially arising polypeptide fragments which remained transiently associated with the particles. At the beginning of this stage virus flocculated, increased in buoyant density, diminished about 5 logs with respect to specific infectivity, lost its oligonucleotide complement, and developed transcriptase activity. During the final stage the particles lost polypeptide σ1.At high enzyme concentrations (more than 1000 μg/ml for strains Abney and Dearing, and more than 100 μg/ml for Carter) a different end product was formed. This consisted of particles which lacked polypeptide σ3 and a 12,000 dalton fragment of μ2, had a buoyant density about 0.01 g/ml higher than that of virions, and possessed full infectivity, the entire oligonucleotide complement, and no transcriptase activity. These particles closely resembled virions in their physical, enzymatic, and biological properties, but lacked about one-third of their capsid protein complement.The degradation of reovirions by chymotrypsin was affected by the ionic strength of the suspending medium. It was also strongly influenced by virus concentration, suggesting that particle-particle interactions may play a role.