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- Document 0391
- DOCN M9620391
- TI Mutagenic analysis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Vpr: role of a
- predicted N-terminal alpha-helical structure in Vpr nuclear localization
- and virion incorporation.
- DT 9602
- AU Yao XJ; Subbramanian RA; Rougeau N; Boisvert F; Bergeron D; Cohen EA;
- Departement de Microbiologie et Immunologie, Faculte de; Medecine,
- Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- SO J Virol. 1995 Nov;69(11):7032-44. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
- MED/96013806
- AB The Vpr gene product of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 is a
- virion-associated protein that is important for efficient viral
- replication in nondividing cells such as macrophages. At the cellular
- level, Vpr is primarily localized in the nucleus when expressed in the
- absence of other viral proteins. Incorporation of Vpr into viral
- particles requires a determinant within the p6 domain of the Gag
- precursor polyprotein Pr55gag. In the present study, we have used
- site-directed mutagenesis to identify a domain(s) of Vpr involved in
- virion incorporation and nuclear localization. Truncations of the
- carboxyl (C)-terminal domain, rich in basic residues, resulted in a less
- stable Vpr protein and in the impairment of both virion incorporation
- and nuclear localization. However, introduction of individual
- substitution mutations in this region did not impair Vpr nuclear
- localization and virion incorporation, suggesting that this region is
- necessary for the stability and/or optimal protein conformation relevant
- to these Vpr functions. In contrast, the substitution mutations within
- the amino (N)-terminal region of Vpr that is predicted to adopt an
- alpha-helical structure (extending from amino acids 16 to 34) impaired
- both virion incorporation and nuclear localization, suggesting that this
- structure may play a pivotal role in modulating both of these biological
- properties. These results are in agreement with a recent study showing
- that the introduction of proline residues in this predicted
- alpha-helical region abolished Vpr virion incorporation, presumably by
- disrupting this secondary structure (S. Mahalingam, S. A. Khan, R.
- Murali, M. A. Jabbar, C. E. Monken, R. G. Collman, and A. Srinivasan,
- Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92:3794-3798, 1995). Interestingly, our
- results show that two Vpr mutants harboring single amino acid
- substitutions (L to F at position 23 [L23F] and A30F) on the hydrophobic
- face of the predicted helix coded for relatively stable proteins that
- retained their ability to translocate to the nucleus but exhibited
- dramatic reduction in Vpr incorporation, suggesting that this
- hydrophobic face might mediate protein-protein interactions required for
- Vpr virion incorporation but not nuclear localization. Furthermore, a
- single mutation (E25K) located on the hydrophilic face of this predicted
- alpha-helical structure affected not only virion incorporation but also
- nuclear localization of Vpr. The differential impairment of Vpr nuclear
- localization and virion incorporation by mutations in the predicted
- N-terminal alpha-helical region suggests that this region of Vpr plays a
- role in both of these biological functions of Vpr.
- DE Amino Acid Sequence Base Sequence Cell Line Cell Nucleus/*METABOLISM
- Cloning, Molecular Comparative Study DNA Primers Gene Products,
- vpr/BIOSYNTHESIS/*CHEMISTRY/*METABOLISM *Genes, vpr Human HIV Long
- Terminal Repeat HIV-1/*GENETICS/*PHYSIOLOGY Kinetics
- Methionine/METABOLISM Molecular Sequence Data Mutagenesis,
- Site-Directed Polymerase Chain Reaction Protein Conformation *Protein
- Structure, Secondary Recombinant
- Proteins/BIOSYNTHESIS/CHEMISTRY/METABOLISM Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Virion/GENETICS/PHYSIOLOGY Virus Replication JOURNAL ARTICLE
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- SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
- protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).
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