GSBS Student Publications
Title
Evidence for mixed membrane topology of the newcastle disease virus fusion protein
GSBS Program
Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Publication Date
2003-01-15
UMMS Affiliation
Program in Virology/Immunology; Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
The synthesis of the Newcastle disease virus (NDV) fusion (F) protein in a cell-free protein-synthesizing system containing membranes was characterized. The membrane-associated products were in at least two different topological forms with respect to the membranes. The properties of one form were consistent with the expected membrane insertion as a classical type 1 glycoprotein. This form of the protein was fully glycosylated, and sequences amino terminal to the transmembrane domain were protected from protease digestion by the membranes. The second form of membrane-associated F protein was partially glycosylated and partially protected from protease digestion by the membranes. Protease digestion resulted in a 23-kDa protease-protected polypeptide derived from F2 sequences and sequences from the amino-terminal end of the F1 domain. Furthermore, a 10-kDa polypeptide derived from the cytoplasmic domain (CT) was also protected from protease digestion by the membranes. Protease resistance of the 23- and 10-kDa polypeptides suggested that this second form of F protein inserted in membranes in a polytopic conformation with both the amino-terminal end and the carboxyl-terminal end translocated across membranes. To determine if this second form of the fusion protein could be found in cells expressing the F protein, two different approaches were taken. A polypeptide with the size of the partially translocated F protein was detected by Western analysis of proteins in total-cell extracts of NDV strain B1 (avirulent)-infected Cos-7 cells. Using antibodies raised against a peptide with sequences from the cytoplasmic domain, CT sequences were detected on surfaces of F protein-expressing Cos-7 cells by immunofluorescence and by flow cytometry. This antibody also inhibited the fusion of red blood cells to cells expressing F and HN proteins. These results suggest that NDV F protein made both in a cell-free system and in Cos-7 cells may exist in two topological forms with respect to membranes and that the second form of the protein may be involved in cell-cell fusion.
DOI of Published Version
10.1128/JVI.77.3.1951-1963.2003
Source
J Virol. 2003 Feb;77(3):1951-63.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of virology
Related Resources
PubMed ID
12525629
Repository Citation
McGinnes, Lori; Reitter, Julie N.; Gravel, Kathryn A.; and Morrison, Trudy G., "Evidence for mixed membrane topology of the newcastle disease virus fusion protein" (2003). GSBS Student Publications. 829.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/829