Assembly of adenoviruses
- PMID: 4691734
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- DOI: 10.1128/JVI.11.3.449-459.1973
Assembly of adenoviruses
Abstract
Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of purified incomplete particles of adenoviruses type 2 and 3 revealed that core proteins V and VII and capsid proteins VI, VIII, and X were absent in these particles, but they contained polypeptides not present in complete particles. Two types of incomplete particles were observed in the electron microscope, appearing as deoxyribonucleic acid-less particles with single discontinuities in the capsid structure (about 80%), or more amorphous particles resembling hexon aggregates (about 20%). The amount of incomplete and complete particles increased in parallel during the infectious cycle. Detectable amounts were found at 13 h with a maximum rate of synthesis for both particles at 24 h after infection. (3)H-labeled amino acids were incorporated into incomplete particles without a detectable lag period, but the label appeared in complete particles with a 60- to 80-min lag. Early after the pulse in pulse-chase experiments, the radioactivity was higher for incomplete particles than for complete particles and leveled off before the activity of complete particles reached a maximum. In the adenovirus type 2 system, pulse-chase experiments suggested a precursor-product relationship between incomplete and complete particles. After a short pulse, 19 h postinfection, entrance of (3)H-labeled amino acids into the hexon polypeptide of complete particles was delayed for 80 min, but no delay was observed for the labeling of the hexon polypeptide of incomplete particles. The core polypeptides appear in complete particles without a delay, also suggesting that incomplete particles were precursors to complete particles. Incorporation of (3)H-labeled amino acids into the hexon polypeptide of complete and incomplete particles was drastically decreased by inhibition of protein synthesis with emetine. However, the uptake of label into core proteins of complete particles was only decreased to 50% on inhibition of protein synthesis. The results suggest that incomplete particles are intermediates in virus assembly in vivo and that the assembly of capsid polypeptides into incomplete and complete particles is dependent on continuing protein synthesis.
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