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Characterization of the high M_r glycoprotein (gP300) of equine herpesvirus type 1 as a novel glycoprotein with extensive O-linked carbohydrate

Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.

The high M_r glycoprotein (gp300) of equine herpesvirus type 1 was found to have an M_r, estimated by SDS-PAGE, of over 400000 and was confirmed as being a surface glycoprotein by ¹²⁵I-labelling. In contrast to [³H]glucosamine, gp300 showed very low levels of [³H]mannose incoporation. The M_r of gp300 showed no detectable change upon treatment of purified virus with N-glycanase, and showed only a small change in virus-infected cells treated with tunicamycin. In addition, gp300 failed to bind the lectin concanavalin A. Taken together, these results indicate a lack of N-linked carbohydrate on gp300. The major carbohydrate species were found to be composed primarily of O-linked chains, as indicated by the sensitivity of the protein to monensin, to exoglycanase enzymes specific for sugars present in O-linked chains and to mild alkaline borohydride treatment, which revealed three species of carbohydrate of M_r of >10000, 2400 and 1100, respectively. Neuraminidase treatment and binding of Helix pomatia lectin indicated the presence of -N-acetylglucosamine and sialic acid as terminal sugars. Immunological cross-reactivity of gp300 with a high M_r protein of equine herpesvirus type 4 was shown and it also exhibited a marked M_r variation in the vaccine strain Rhinomune.

Received 22 February 1990; accepted 5 June 1990.

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