VP5* Rearranges when Rotavirus Uncoats ▿

AUTOR(ES)

Yoder, Joshua D.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

RESUMO

Trypsin primes rotavirus for efficient infectivity by cleaving the spike protein, VP4, into VP8* and VP5*. A recombinant VP5* fragment has a trimeric, folded-back structure. Comparison of this structure with virion spikes suggests that a rearrangement, analogous to those of enveloped virus fusion proteins, may mediate membrane penetration by rotavirus during entry. To detect this inferred rearrangement of virion-associated authentic VP5*, we raised conformation-specific monoclonal antibodies against the recombinant VP5* fragment in its putative post-membrane penetration conformation. Using one of these antibodies, we demonstrate that rotavirus uncoating triggers a conformational change in the cleaved VP4 spike to yield rearranged VP5*.

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