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Structural and functional properties of the vesicular stomatitis virus nucleoprotein-RNA complex as revealed by proteolytic digestion.


ABSTRACT: To gain insight into the structural and functional properties of the vesicular stomatitis virus nucleocapsid-RNA complex (vN-RNA), we analyzed it by treatment with proteolytic enzymes. Chymotrypsin treatment to the vN-RNA results in complete digestion of the C-terminal 86 amino acids of the N protein. The residual chymotrypsin resistant vN-RNA complex (vDeltaN-RNA) carrying N-terminal 336 amino acids of the N protein (DeltaN) was inactive in transcription. The DeltaN protein retained its capability to protect the genomic RNA from nuclease digestion but failed to interact to the P protein. Interestingly, addition of excess amount of P protein rendered the vN-RNA complex resistant to the chymotrypsin digestion. Finally, our data revealed that the recombinant N-RNA complex purified from bacteria (bN-RNA) is resistant to chymotrypsin digestion, suggesting that the C-terminal unstructured domain (C-loop) remains inaccessible to protease digestion. Detailed comparative analyses of the vN-RNA and vDeltaN-RNA are discussed.

SUBMITTER: Sarkar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2853252 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structural and functional properties of the vesicular stomatitis virus nucleoprotein-RNA complex as revealed by proteolytic digestion.

Sarkar Anindya A   Chattopadhyay Santanu S   Cox Robert R   Luo Ming M   Banerjee Amiya K AK  

Virology 20100305 1


To gain insight into the structural and functional properties of the vesicular stomatitis virus nucleocapsid-RNA complex (vN-RNA), we analyzed it by treatment with proteolytic enzymes. Chymotrypsin treatment to the vN-RNA results in complete digestion of the C-terminal 86 amino acids of the N protein. The residual chymotrypsin resistant vN-RNA complex (vDeltaN-RNA) carrying N-terminal 336 amino acids of the N protein (DeltaN) was inactive in transcription. The DeltaN protein retained its capabil  ...[more]

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