title: Transient association of calnexin and calreticulin with newly synthesized G1 and G2 glycoproteins of uukuniemi virus (family Bunyaviridae).
abstract: The membrane glycoproteins G1 and G2 of Uukuniemi virus, a member of the Bunyaviridae family, are cotranslationally cleaved from a common precursor in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Here, we show that newly made G1 and G2 associate transiently with calnexin and calreticulin, two lectins involved in glycoprotein folding in the ER. Stable complexes between G1-G2 and calnexin or calreticulin could be immunoprecipitated after solubilization of virus-infected BHK21 cells with the detergents digitonin or Triton X-100. In addition, G1-G2-calnexin complexes could be recovered after solubilization with CHAPS (3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)-dimethylammonio]-1-propane sulfonate), while G1-G2-calreticulin complexes were not readily detected by using this detergent. Only endoglycosidase H-sensitive forms of G1 were found complexed with calnexin. Pulse-chase experiments showed that G1 and G2 associated with both chaperones transiently for up to 120 min. Sequential immunoprecipitations with anticalreticulin and anticalnexin antisera indicated that about 50% of newly synthesized G1 and G2 was associated with either calnexin or calreticulin. Our previous results have shown that newly synthesized G1 and G2 transiently interact also with the ER chaperone BiP and with protein disulfide isomerase (R. Persson and R. F. Pettersson, J. Cell Biol. 112:257-266, 1991). Taking all of this into consideration, we conclude that the folding of G1 and G2 in the ER is catalyzed by at least four different folding factors.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Stockholm Branch, Karolinska Institute, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Veijola
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Pettersson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002043:Bunyaviridae / Q000378:metabolism*; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D037281:Calnexin; D037282:Calreticulin; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D037282:Calreticulin; C105980:G1 protein, Uukuniemi virus; C120138:G2 protein, Uukuniemi virus; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D037281:Calnexin