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Comparative Study
. 1994 Jan;68(1):441-7.
doi: 10.1128/JVI.68.1.441-447.1994.

Interactions of normal and mutant vesicular stomatitis virus matrix proteins with the plasma membrane and nucleocapsids

L D Chong  1 , J K Rose
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Comparative Study

Interactions of normal and mutant vesicular stomatitis virus matrix proteins with the plasma membrane and nucleocapsids

L D Chong et al. J Virol. 1994 Jan.

Abstract

We demonstrated recently that a fraction of the matrix (M) protein of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) binds tightly to cellular membranes in vivo when expressed in the absence of other VSV proteins. This membrane-associated M protein was functional in binding purified VSV nucleocapsids in vitro. Here we show that the membrane-associated M protein is largely associated with a membrane fraction having the density of plasma membranes, indicating membrane specificity in the binding. In addition, we analyzed truncated forms of M protein to identify regions responsible for membrane association and nucleocapsid binding. Truncated M protein lacking the amino-terminal basic domain still associated with cellular membranes, although not as tightly as wild-type M protein, and could not bind nucleocapsids. In contrast, deletion of the carboxy-terminal 14 amino acids did not disrupt stable membrane association or nucleocapsid interaction. These results suggest that the amino terminus of M protein either interacts directly with membranes and nucleocapsids or stabilizes a conformation that is required for M protein to mediate both of these interactions.

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