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  • Title: Conformational changes of the N-terminal part of Mason-Pfizer monkey virus p12 protein during multimerization.
    Author: Knejzlík Z, Ulbrich P, Strohalm M, Lastůvková H, Kodícek M, Sakalian M, Ruml T.
    Journal: Virology; 2009 Oct 10; 393(1):168-76. PubMed ID: 19699504.
    Abstract:
    The Mason-Pfizer monkey virus is a prototype Betaretrovirus with the defining characteristic that it assembles spherical immature particles from Gag-related polyprotein precursors within the cytoplasm of the infected cell. It was shown previously that the N-terminal part of the Gag p12 domain (wt-Np12) is required for efficient assembly. However, the precise role for p12 in mediating Gag-Gag interaction is still poorly understood. In this study we employed detailed circular dichroism spectroscopy, electron microscopy and ultracentrifugation analyses of recombinant wt-Np12 prepared by in vitro transcription and translation. The wt-Np12 domain fragment forms fibrillar structures in a concentration-dependent manner. Assembly into fibers is linked to a conformational transition from unfolded or another non-periodical state to alpha-helix during multimerization.
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