Mutational analysis of the proteolytic cleavage site of glycoprotein B (gB) of Marek's disease virus |
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Authors: | Shigeto Yoshida Lucy F Lee Noboru Yanagida Keyvan Nazerian |
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Institution: | U S DA-Agricultural Research Service, Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory, East Lansing, MI48823, USA |
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Abstract: | The Marek's disease virus (MDV) glycoprotein B (gB) precursor, gp100, is proteolytically cleaved into two disulfide-linked subunits, gp60 and gp49. In the gB homologs of most other herpesviruses, a tetrapeptide, Arg-Xaa-Arg-Arg, is immediately upstream from the predicted cleavage site. We have investigated the specificity of the proteolytic cleavage in gplOO by introducing mutations within its predicted cleavage site (Arg-Leu-Arg-Arg) and expressed these mutants in recombinant fowlpox virus (FPV). The results show that all three Arg residues at the predicted cleavage site play an important role in the specific proteolytic cleavage of gp100. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the cleavage of gplOO is not necessary for transport of gB to the cell surface. |
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Keywords: | Recombinant fowlpox virus site-specific mutagenesis pulse-chase cell-surface transport |
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