Sequence adaptations affecting cleavage of the VP1/2A junction by the 3C protease in foot-and-mouth disease virus-infected cells
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The foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) capsid protein precursor P1-2A is cleaved by the virus-encoded 3C protease to VP0, VP3, VP1 and 2A. It was shown previously that modification of a single amino acid residue (K210E) within the VP1 protein and close to the VP1/2A cleavage site, inhibited cleavage of this junction and produced 'self-tagged' virus particles. A second site substitution (E83K) within VP1 was also observed within the rescued virus [Gullberg et al. (2013). J Virol 87: , 11591-11603]. It was shown here that introduction of this E83K change alone into a serotype O virus resulted in the rapid accumulation of a second site substitution within the 2A sequence (L2P), which also blocked VP1/2A cleavage. This suggests a linkage between the E83K change in VP1 and cleavage of the VP1/2A junction. Cells infected with viruses containing the VP1 K210E or the 2A L2P substitutions contained the uncleaved VP1-2A protein. The 2A L2P substitution resulted in the VP1/2A junction being highly resistant to cleavage by the 3C protease, hence it may be a preferred route for 'tagging' virus particles.
Original language | English |
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Journal | The Journal of general virology |
Volume | 95 |
Issue number | Pt 11 |
Pages (from-to) | 2402-2410 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISSN | 0022-1317 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
© 2014 The Authors.
- Amino Acid Sequence, Amino Acid Substitution, Animals, Binding Sites/genetics, Capsid Proteins/chemistry, Cells, Cultured, Cricetinae, Cysteine Endopeptidases/metabolism, Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus/classification, Models, Molecular, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Protein Structure, Quaternary, Serotyping, Viral Proteins/metabolism
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