Oligomerization of the influenza virus polymerase complex Free

Abstract

The influenza virus polymerase is a heterotrimer formed by the PB1, PB2 and PA subunits and is responsible for virus transcription and replication. We have expressed the virus polymerase complex by co-transfection of the subunit cDNAs, one of which was tandem affinity purification (TAP)-tagged, into human cells. The intracellular polymerase complexes were purified by the TAP approach, involving two affinity chromatography steps, IgG–Sepharose and calmodulin–agarose. Gel-filtration analysis indicated that, although most of the purified polymerase behaved as a heterotrimer, a significant proportion of the purified material migrated as polymerase dimers, trimers and higher oligomers. Co-purification of polymerase complexes alternatively tagged in the same subunit confirmed that the polymerase complex might form oligomers intracellularly. The implications of this observation for virus infection are discussed.

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