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Title: | Structure and uncoating of immature adenovirus |
Authors: | San Martín, Carmen ; Pérez-Berná, Ana J.; Marabini, Roberto; Scheres, Sjors H. W.; Menéndez-Conejero, Rosa; Dmitriev, Igor P.; Curiel, David T.; Mangel, Walter F.; Flint, S. Jane |
Keywords: | Adenovirus Virus maturation Virus uncoating Virus structure Threedimensional electron microscopy |
Issue Date: | 18-Sep-2009 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Journal of Molecular Biology 392(2): 547-557 (2009) |
Abstract: | Maturation via proteolytical processing is a common trait in the viral world, and is often accompanied by large conformational changes and rearrangements in the capsid. The adenovirus protease has been shown to play a dual role in the viral infectious cycle: (a) in maturation, as viral assembly starts with precursors to several of the structural proteins, but ends with proteolytically processed versions in the mature virion; and (b) in entry, because protease-impaired viruses have difficulties in endosome escape and uncoating. Indeed, viruses that have not undergone proteolytical processing are not infectious. We present the 3D structure of immature adenovirus particles, as represented by the thermosensitive mutant Ad2 ts1 grown under nonpermissive conditions, and compare it with the mature capsid. Our 3DEM maps at subnanometer resolution indicate that adenovirus maturation does not involve large scale conformational changes in the capsid. Difference maps reveal the location of unprocessed peptides pIIIa and pVI and help to define their role in capsid assembly and maturation. An intriguing difference appears in the core, indicating a more compact organization and increased stability of the immature cores. We have further investigated these properties by in vitro disassembly assays. Fluorescence and electron microscopy experiments reveal differences in the stability and uncoating of immature viruses, both at the capsid and core levels, as well as disassembly intermediates not previously imaged. |
Publisher version (URL): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2009.06.057 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/16637 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.06.057 |
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