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SUBMITTER: Qian M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2685006 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Qian Mengding M Cai Dawen D Verhey Kristen J KJ Tsai Billy B
PLoS pathogens 20090605 6
The mechanisms by which receptors guide intracellular virus transport are poorly characterized. The murine polyomavirus (Py) binds to the lipid receptor ganglioside GD1a and traffics to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) where it enters the cytosol and then the nucleus to initiate infection. How Py reaches the ER is unclear. We show that Py is transported initially to the endolysosome where the low pH imparts a conformational change that enhances its subsequent ER-to-cytosol membrane penetration. GD ...[more]