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Animal: RNA Viruses |
Pirbright Laboratory, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK1
Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK2
New Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK3
Author for correspondence: Andrew King.Fax +44 1483 232448. e-mail amq.king{at}bbsrc.ac.uk
Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) capsids are inherently labile under mildly acidic conditions, dissociating to pentamers at pH values in the region of 6·5, with the release of protein 1A and the viral RNA. This acid-induced disassembly is thought to be required for the entry of the virus genome into the host cell. Previous work has highlighted a histidine–
-helix charge-dipole interaction at the twofold axes of symmetry between pentamers and has suggested that this interaction plays a role in acid-induced disassembly. The validity of this theory has now been tested by converting the implicated residue, His-142 of protein 1C, to Arg, Phe and Asp. The effects of such changes were studied by using a previously described vaccinia virus expression system, in which synthesis and processing of FMDV capsid proteins results in the self-assembly of capsids. In agreement with the histidine–-helix charge-dipole theory, assembly in the arginine mutant was found to be greatly reduced, while capsids of the aspartic acid mutant were considerably more stable under acidic conditions than the wild-type. Aberrant but acid-stable complexes were obtained in the phenylalanine mutant.
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