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Multiple glycosylated forms of the respiratory syncytial virus fusion protein are expressed in virus-infected cells

MRC Virology Unit, Institute of Virology, Church Street, Glasgow G11 5JR, UK¹

Author for correspondence: Richard Sugrue. Fax +44 141 337 2236. e-mail r.sugrue{at}vir.gla.ac.uk

Analysis of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) fusion (F) protein in RSV-infected Vero cells showed the presence of a single F1 subunit and at least two different forms of the F2 subunit, designated F2a (21 kDa) and F2b (16 kDa), which were collectively referred to as [F2]_a/b. Enzymatic deglycosylation of [F2]_a/b produced a single 10 kDa product suggesting that [F2]_a/b arises from differences in the glycosylation pattern of F2a and F2b. The detection of [F2]_a/b was dependent upon the post-translational cleavage of the F protein by furin, since its appearance was prevented in RSV-infected Vero cells treated with the furin inhibitor dec-RVKR-cmk. Analysis by protein cross-linking revealed that the F1 subunit interacted with [F2]_a/b, via disulphide bonding, to produce equivalent F protein trimers, which were expressed on the surface of infected cells. Collectively, these data show that multiple F protein species are expressed in RSV-infected cells.

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