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Identification and functional analysis of inter-subunit disulfide bonds of the F protein of nucleopolyhedrovirus Free

Abstract

The major envelope fusion protein F of the budded virus of baculoviruses consists of two disulfide-linked subunits: an N-terminal F subunit and a C-terminal, membrane-anchored F subunit. There is one cysteine in F and there are 15 cysteines in F, but their role in disulfide linking is largely unknown. In this study, the inter- and intra-subunit disulfide bonds of the single nucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) F protein were analysed by site-directed mutagenesis. Results indicated that in a functional F protein, an inter-subunit disulfide bond exists between amino acids C108 (F) and C241 (F). When C241 was mutated, an alternative disulfide bond was formed between C108 and C232, rendering F non-functional. No inter-subunit bridge was observed in a double C232/C241 mutant of F. C403 was not involved in the formation of inter-subunit disulfide bonding, but mutation of this amino acid decreased viral infectivity significantly, suggesting that it might be involved in intra-subunit disulfide bonds. The influence of reductant [tris(2-carboxyethyl) phosphine (TCEP)] and free-thiol inhibitors [4-acetamido-4′-maleimidylstilbene 2,2′-disulfonic acid (AMS) and 5,5′-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB)] on the infectivity of HearNPV was tested. The results indicated that TCEP greatly decreased the infection of HzAm1 cells by HearNPV. In contrast, AMS and DTNB had no inhibitory effect on viral infectivity. The data suggested that free thiol/disulfide isomerization was not likely to play a role in viral entry and infectivity.

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Identification and functional analysis of inter-subunit disulfide bonds of the F protein of Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus
J. Gen. Virol. 95, 2820 (2014); https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.068122-0
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