title: Characterization of the Golgi retention motif of Rift Valley fever virus G(N) glycoprotein.
abstract: As Rift Valley fever (RVF) virus, and probably all members of the family Bunyaviridae, matures in the Golgi apparatus, the targeting of the virus glycoproteins to the Golgi apparatus plays a pivotal role in the virus replication cycle. No consensus Golgi localization motif appears to be shared among the glycoproteins of these viruses. The viruses of the family Bunyaviridae synthesize their glycoproteins, G(N) and G(C), as a polyprotein. The Golgi localization signal of RVF virus has been shown to reside within the G(N) protein by use of a plasmid-based transient expression system to synthesize individual G(N) and G(C) proteins. While the distribution of individually expressed G(N) significantly overlaps with cellular Golgi proteins such as beta-COP and GS-28, G(C) expressed in the absence of G(N) localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum. Further analysis of expressed G(N) truncated proteins and green fluorescent protein/G(N) chimeric proteins demonstrated that the RVF virus Golgi localization signal mapped to a 48-amino-acid region of G(N) encompassing the 20-amino-acid transmembrane domain and the adjacent 28 amino acids of the cytosolic tail.
authors.affiliation: Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Sonja R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Gerrard
authors.forename: Stuart T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Nichol
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000821:virology; D006224:Cricetinae; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000821:virology*; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016856:Phlebovirus / Q000235:genetics; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012296:Rift Valley fever virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins