title: Role for the L1-52/55K protein in the serotype specificity of adenovirus DNA packaging.
abstract: The packaging of adenovirus (Ad) DNA into virions is dependent upon cis-acting sequences and trans-acting proteins. We studied the involvement of Ad packaging proteins in the serotype specificity of packaging. Both Ad5 and Ad17 IVa2 and L4-22K proteins complemented the growth of Ad5 IVa2 and L4-22K mutant viruses, respectively. In contrast, the Ad5 L1-52/55K protein complemented an Ad5 L1-52/55K mutant virus, but the Ad17 L1-52/55K protein did not. The analysis of chimeric proteins demonstrated that the N-terminal half of the Ad5 L1-52/55K protein mediated this function. Finally, we demonstrate that the L4-33K and L4-22K proteins have distinct functions during infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
authors.forename: Beverly P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Wohl
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hearing
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D042003:DNA Packaging / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D017353:Gene Deletion; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins