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. 1992 Dec;66(12):7217-24.
doi: 10.1128/JVI.66.12.7217-7224.1992.

Characterization of a vaccinia virus-encoded 42-kilodalton class I membrane glycoprotein component of the extracellular virus envelope

S N Isaacs  1 , E J Wolffe, L G Payne, B Moss
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Characterization of a vaccinia virus-encoded 42-kilodalton class I membrane glycoprotein component of the extracellular virus envelope

S N Isaacs et al. J Virol. 1992 Dec.

Abstract

Using a reverse genetic approach, we have demonstrated that the product of the B5R open reading frame (ORF), which has homology with members of the family of complement control proteins, is a membrane glycoprotein present in the extracellular enveloped (EEV) form of vaccinia virus but absent from the intracellular naked (INV) form. An antibody (C'-B5R) raised to a 15-amino-acid peptide from the translated B5R ORF reacted with a 42-kDa protein (gp42) found in vaccinia virus-infected cells and cesium chloride-banded EEV but not INV. Under nonreducing conditions, an 85-kDa component, possibly representing a hetero- or homodimeric form of gp42, was detected by both immunoprecipitation and Western immunoblot analysis. Metabolic labeling with [3H]glucosamine and [3H]palmitate revealed that the B5R product is glycosylated and acylated. The C-terminal transmembrane domain of the protein was identified by constructing a recombinant vaccinia virus that overexpressed a truncated, secreted form of the B5R ORF product. By N-terminal sequence analysis of this secreted protein, the site of signal peptide cleavage of gp42 was determined. A previously described monoclonal antibody (MAb 20) raised to EEV, which immunoprecipitated a protein with biochemical characteristics similar to those of wild-type gp42, reacted with the recombinant, secreted product of the B5R ORF. Immunofluorescence of wild-type vaccinia virus-infected cells by using either MAb 20 or C'-B5R revealed that the protein is expressed on the cell surface and within the cytoplasm. Immunogold labeling of EEV and INV with MAb 20 demonstrated that the protein was found exclusively on the EEV membrane.

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