title: Influenza virus A M2 protein generates negative Gaussian membrane curvature necessary for budding and scission.
abstract: The M2 protein is a multifunctional protein, which plays several roles in the replication cycle of the influenza A virus. Here we focus on its ability to promote budding of the mature virus from the cell surface. Using high-resolution small-angle X-ray scattering we show that M2 can restructure lipid membranes into bicontinuous cubic phases which are rich in negative Gaussian curvature (NGC). The active generation of negative Gaussian membrane curvature by M2 is essential to influenza virus budding. M2 has been observed to colocalize with the region of high NGC at the neck of a bud. The structural requirements for scission are even more stringent than those for budding, as the neck must be considerably smaller than the virus during 'pinch off'. Consistent with this, the amount of NGC in the induced cubic phases suggests that M2 proteins can generate high curvatures comparable to those on a neck with size 10× smaller than a spherical influenza virus. Similar experiments on variant proteins containing different M2 domains show that the cytoplasmic amphipathic helix is necessary and sufficient for NGC generation. Mutations to the helix which reduce its amphiphilicity and are known to diminish budding attenuated NGC generation. An M2 construct comprising the membrane interactive domains, the transmembrane helix and the cytoplasmic helix, displayed enhanced ability to generate NGC, suggesting that other domains cooperatively promote membrane curvature. These studies establish the importance of M2-induced NGC during budding and suggest that antagonizing this curvature is a viable anti-influenza strategy.
authors: Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles , Los Angeles, California 90095, United States.
authors: Nathan W
authors: NW
authors: Schmidt
authors: Abhijit
authors: A
authors: Mishra
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Wang
authors: William F
authors: WF
authors: DeGrado
authors: Gerard C L
authors: GC
authors: Wong
mesh_terms: D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D057074:Virus Release; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D008563:Membrane Lipids; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins
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