title: Defects in virion production caused by mutations affecting the C-terminal portion of the Moloney murine leukemia virus capsid protein.
abstract: The capsid (CA) domain of the Moloney murine leukemia virus (Mo-MuLV) Gag protein has a unique carboxy terminus with a highly charged arginine-rich sequence. Mutant viruses harboring arginine-to-alanine mutations affecting this region of CA displayed significant defects in virion release, and the few viral particles produced were noninfectious. The interaction between the mutant Gag precursors was affected, as judged by the yeast two-hybrid assay. The results suggest that the unique carboxy terminus of CA in the Mo-MuLV plays an important role in Gag-Gag association during virion production.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Margaret Q
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Stephen P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Goff
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D015683:Gene Products, gag / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008979:Moloney murine leukemia virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D014771:Virion / Q000378:metabolism*; D019065:Virus Assembly
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins; D015683:Gene Products, gag; D011498:Protein Precursors