scholarly journals Low pH-induced Conformational Changes in Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Glycoprotein Involve Dramatic Structure Reorganization

2000 ◽  
Vol 276 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiana A. Carneiro ◽  
Artur S. Ferradosa ◽  
Andrea T. Da Poian
Keyword(s):  
Vesicular Stomatitis Virus ◽  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Low Ph ◽  
Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Glycoprotein ◽  
Virus Glycoprotein ◽  
Dramatic Structure ◽  
Vesicular Stomatitis

Effects of altered cytoplasmic domains on transport of the vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein are transferable to other proteins

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 2869-2874
Author(s):  
J L Guan ◽  
A Ruusala ◽  
H Cao ◽  
J K Rose
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Vesicular Stomatitis Virus ◽  
Chorionic Gonadotropin ◽  
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin ◽  
Cytoplasmic Domain ◽  
Secretory Proteins ◽  
Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Glycoprotein ◽  
Virus Glycoprotein ◽  
Vesicular Stomatitis

Alterations of the cytoplasmic domain of the vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein (G protein) were shown previously to affect transport of the protein from the endoplasmic reticulum, and recent studies have shown that this occurs without detectable effects on G protein folding and trimerization (R. W. Doms et al., J. Cell Biol., in press). Deletions within this domain slowed exit of the mutant proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum, and replacement of this domain with a foreign 12-amino-acid sequence blocked all transport out of the endoplasmic reticulum. To extend these studies, we determined whether such effects of cytoplasmic domain changes were transferable to other proteins. Three different assays showed that the effects of the mutations on transport of two membrane-anchored secretory proteins were the same as those observed with vesicular stomatitis virus G protein. In addition, possible effects on oligomerization were examined for both transported and nontransported forms of membrane-anchored human chorionic gonadotropin-alpha. These membrane-anchored forms, like the nonanchored human chorionic gonadotropin-alpha, had sedimentation coefficients consistent with a monomeric structure. Taken together, our results provide strong evidence that these cytoplasmic mutations affect transport by affecting interactions at or near the cytoplasmic side of the membrane.

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