title: Regulated but not constitutive human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) P protein phosphorylation is essential for oligomerization.
abstract: Purified human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) P phosphoprotein from transfected HEp-2 cells is able to oligomerize forming tetramers. The bulk of constitutive P protein phosphorylation (99. 8%) (serine residues 116, 117, 119, 232 and 237) can be removed without affecting protein oligomerization. However, dephosphorylated P protein, produced in bacteria, is unable to oligomerize. This difference can be explained by a transient P protein phosphorylation, detected in HEp-2 cells, that could be essential for P protein oligomerization.
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Microbiologia (C.N.M), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Carretera Majadahonda-Pozuelo Km 2, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Asenjo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Villanueva
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004926:Escherichia coli; D015707:HN Protein; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019319:Okadaic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011487:Protein Conformation; D018113:Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D015707:HN Protein; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C116204:attachment protein G; D019319:Okadaic Acid