Myristylation is required for intracellular transport but not for assembly of D-type retrovirus capsids - PubMed (original) (raw)

Myristylation is required for intracellular transport but not for assembly of D-type retrovirus capsids

S S Rhee et al. J Virol. 1987 Apr.

Abstract

The role of myristylation, a fatty acid modification of nascent polypeptides, in the assembly and intracellular transport of D-type retroviral capsids was investigated through the use of oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis. Myristic acid is normally esterified through an amide linkage to a glycine residue at the amino terminus of the Mason-Pfizer monkey virus gag gene products. Mutant pA-1, which has a codon for valine substituted for that of the normally myristylated glycine, is completely noninfectious. While the mutant gag polyprotein precursors are synthesized at normal levels, they are not myristylated and are not cleaved to the mature virion proteins. No extracellular virus particles are released from mutant pA-1-infected cells, but intracytoplasmic A-type particles (capsids) accumulate in the cytoplasm. Since none of the intracellular capsids can be found associated with the plasma membrane, these results strongly suggest that myristylation is a critical signal for intracytoplasmic transport of completed viral capsids to their normal site of budding and release.

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Myristylation is required for intracellular transport but not for assembly of D-type retrovirus capsids - PubMed (original) (raw)