Article Dans Une Revue Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Année : 2004

Role of interfacial amino acid residues in assembly, stability, and conformation of a spherical virus capsid

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Twenty-eight amino acid residues involved in most noncovalent interactions between trimeric protein subunits in the capsid of the parvovirus minute virus of mice were truncated individually to alanine, and the effects on capsid assembly, thermostability, and conformation were analyzed. Only seven side chains were essential for protein subunit recognition. These side chains virtually corresponded with those that either buried a large hydrophobic surface on trimer association or formed buried intertrimer hydrogen bonds or salt bridges. The seven residues are evolutionarily conserved, and they define regularly spaced spots on a thin equatorial belt surrounding each trimer. Truncation of the many side chains that were dispensable for assembly, including those participating in solvent-accessible polar interactions, did not substantially affect capsid thermostability either. However, the interfacial residues located at the base of the pores delineating the capsid five-fold axes participated in a heat-induced conformational rearrangement associated with externalization of the capsid protein N terminus, and they were needed for infectivity. Thus, at the subunit interfaces of this model virus capsid, only key residues involved in the strongest interactions are critical for assembly and stability, but additional residues fulfill other important biological roles.

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hal-05251305 , version 1 (12-09-2025)

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Juan Reguera, Aura Carreira, Laura Riolobos, José María Almendral, Mauricio Mateu. Role of interfacial amino acid residues in assembly, stability, and conformation of a spherical virus capsid. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2004, 101 (9), pp.2724-2729. ⟨10.1073/pnas.0307748101⟩. ⟨hal-05251305⟩

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