Comparative Morphology of Gag Protein Structures Produced by Mutants of the Gene of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Free

Abstract

Six mutants that differ in the extent of their carboxy- terminal sequences and two deletion mutants of the gene of HIV-1 have been characterized morphologically following their expression in cells using recombinant baculoviruses. Electron microscopy has revealed distinct morphological forms of the Gag protein that can be classified as either (i) particulate, three-dimensional, spherical or tubular shells or (ii) nonparticulate, two-dimensional, flat, curved or convoluted sheets. Progressive truncation of the carboxy terminus of Gag was accompanied by changes in the morphology and formation of spherical particles from predominantly C-type assembly and budding at the plasma membrane, through B-type intracytoplasmic assembly, to A-type assembly with budding mainly into cytoplasmic vacuoles. Deletions within the Pr24 CA domain of Gag abolished particle formation but retained association of the protein with the plasma membrane. All of the observed morphologies of the mutant Gag proteins could be accommodated within an icosahedral model for the organization of spherical particles and a basic hexagonal arrangement of assembled Gag protein monomers.

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