title: Membrane relocation but not tight binding of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Gag particles myristoylated in Escherichia coli.
abstract: Expression of human immunodeficiency virus Gag protein and the N-terminal matrix (MA) domain in Escherichia coli yielded spherical structures in the cytoplasm. When human N-myristoyltransferase was coexpressed, both Gag and MA were fully myristoylated and spherical structures were relocated in close proximity to the cytoplasmic membrane. However, neither myristoylated Gag nor MA exhibited tight binding to E. coli membrane, suggesting that myristoylation in E. coli did not confer membrane affinity on Gag despite the relocation. Our data also suggest that the morphogenetic pathway of Gag particles in prokaryotic cells differs from that in eukaryotic cells despite biochemical similarities of in the form of Gag expressed.
authors.affiliation: The Kitasato Institute, Shirokane 5-9-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8642, Japan. ymorikawa@kitasato.or.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomoda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sano
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D015683:Gene Products, gag / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015488:HIV Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D014764:Viral Proteins; D014771:Virion / Q000378:metabolism; D054301:gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
chemical_list: D015683:Gene Products, gag; D015488:HIV Antigens; D014764:Viral Proteins; D054301:gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; C054858:p17 protein, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1; D000217:Acyltransferases; C050480:glycylpeptide N-tetradecanoyltransferase