Complex formation among murine cytomegalovirus US22 proteins encoded by genes M139, M140, and M141.
The murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) proteins encoded by US22 genes M139, M140, and M141 function, at least in part, to regulate replication of this virus in macrophages. Mutant MCMV having one or more of these genes deleted replicates poorly in macrophages in culture and in the macrophage-dense environment of the spleen. In this report, we demonstrate the existence of stable complexes formed by the products of all three of these US22 genes, as well as a complex composed of the products of M140 and M141. These complexes form in the absence of other viral proteins; however, the pM140/pM141 complex serves as a requisite binding partner for the M139 gene products. Products from all three genes colocalize to a perinuclear region of the cell juxtaposed to or within the cis-Golgi region but excluded from the trans-Golgi region. Interestingly, expression of pM141 redirects pM140 from its predominantly nuclear residence to the perinuclear, cytoplasmic locale where these US22 proteins apparently exist in complex. Thus, complexing of these nonessential, early MCMV proteins likely confers a function(s) independent of each individual protein and important for optimal replication of MCMV in its natural host.
Karabekian
Zaruhi
Z
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 700 W. Olney Rd., Norfolk, VA 23507, USA.
Hanson
Laura K
LK
Slater
Jacquelyn S
JS
Krishna
Neel K
NK
Bolin
Lisa L
LL
Kerry
Julie A
JA
Campbell
Ann E
AE
D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000737:chemistry; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000737:chemistry; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000737:chemistry; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D008264:Macrophages / Q000737:chemistry / Q000821:virology; D051379:Mice; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D018146:Muromegalovirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D011485:Protein Binding; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014779:Virus Replication
D014764:Viral Proteins
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