Structures of immature EIAV Gag lattices reveal a conserved role for IP6 in lentivirus assembly.
Retrovirus assembly is driven by the multidomain structural protein Gag. Interactions between the capsid domains (CA) of Gag result in Gag multimerization, leading to an immature virus particle that is formed by a protein lattice based on dimeric, trimeric, and hexameric protein contacts. Among retr...
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| author | Robert A Dick Chaoyi Xu Dustin R Morado Vladyslav Kravchuk Clifton L Ricana Terri D Lyddon Arianna M Broad J Ryan Feathers Marc C Johnson Volker M Vogt Juan R Perilla John A G Briggs Florian K M Schur |
| author_facet | Robert A Dick Chaoyi Xu Dustin R Morado Vladyslav Kravchuk Clifton L Ricana Terri D Lyddon Arianna M Broad J Ryan Feathers Marc C Johnson Volker M Vogt Juan R Perilla John A G Briggs Florian K M Schur |
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| description | Retrovirus assembly is driven by the multidomain structural protein Gag. Interactions between the capsid domains (CA) of Gag result in Gag multimerization, leading to an immature virus particle that is formed by a protein lattice based on dimeric, trimeric, and hexameric protein contacts. Among retroviruses the inter- and intra-hexamer contacts differ, especially in the N-terminal sub-domain of CA (CANTD). For HIV-1 the cellular molecule inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6) interacts with and stabilizes the immature hexamer, and is required for production of infectious virus particles. We have used in vitro assembly, cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging, atomistic molecular dynamics simulations and mutational analyses to study the HIV-related lentivirus equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV). In particular, we sought to understand the structural conservation of the immature lentivirus lattice and the role of IP6 in EIAV assembly. Similar to HIV-1, IP6 strongly promoted in vitro assembly of EIAV Gag proteins into virus-like particles (VLPs), which took three morphologically highly distinct forms: narrow tubes, wide tubes, and spheres. Structural characterization of these VLPs to sub-4Å resolution unexpectedly showed that all three morphologies are based on an immature lattice with preserved key structural components, highlighting the structural versatility of CA to form immature assemblies. A direct comparison between EIAV and HIV revealed that both lentiviruses maintain similar immature interfaces, which are established by both conserved and non-conserved residues. In both EIAV and HIV-1, IP6 regulates immature assembly via conserved lysine residues within the CACTD and SP. Lastly, we demonstrate that IP6 stimulates in vitro assembly of immature particles of several other retroviruses in the lentivirus genus, suggesting a conserved role for IP6 in lentiviral assembly. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c3daa523b8f640e092a5ea59c68b36902025-03-03T05:32:14ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Pathogens1553-73661553-73742020-01-01161e100827710.1371/journal.ppat.1008277Structures of immature EIAV Gag lattices reveal a conserved role for IP6 in lentivirus assembly.Robert A DickChaoyi XuDustin R MoradoVladyslav KravchukClifton L RicanaTerri D LyddonArianna M BroadJ Ryan FeathersMarc C JohnsonVolker M VogtJuan R PerillaJohn A G BriggsFlorian K M SchurRetrovirus assembly is driven by the multidomain structural protein Gag. Interactions between the capsid domains (CA) of Gag result in Gag multimerization, leading to an immature virus particle that is formed by a protein lattice based on dimeric, trimeric, and hexameric protein contacts. Among retroviruses the inter- and intra-hexamer contacts differ, especially in the N-terminal sub-domain of CA (CANTD). For HIV-1 the cellular molecule inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6) interacts with and stabilizes the immature hexamer, and is required for production of infectious virus particles. We have used in vitro assembly, cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging, atomistic molecular dynamics simulations and mutational analyses to study the HIV-related lentivirus equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV). In particular, we sought to understand the structural conservation of the immature lentivirus lattice and the role of IP6 in EIAV assembly. Similar to HIV-1, IP6 strongly promoted in vitro assembly of EIAV Gag proteins into virus-like particles (VLPs), which took three morphologically highly distinct forms: narrow tubes, wide tubes, and spheres. Structural characterization of these VLPs to sub-4Å resolution unexpectedly showed that all three morphologies are based on an immature lattice with preserved key structural components, highlighting the structural versatility of CA to form immature assemblies. A direct comparison between EIAV and HIV revealed that both lentiviruses maintain similar immature interfaces, which are established by both conserved and non-conserved residues. In both EIAV and HIV-1, IP6 regulates immature assembly via conserved lysine residues within the CACTD and SP. Lastly, we demonstrate that IP6 stimulates in vitro assembly of immature particles of several other retroviruses in the lentivirus genus, suggesting a conserved role for IP6 in lentiviral assembly.https://storage.googleapis.com/plos-corpus-prod/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008277/2/ppat.1008277.pdf?X-Goog-Algorithm=GOOG4-RSA-SHA256&X-Goog-Credential=wombat-sa%40plos-prod.iam.gserviceaccount.com%2F20210221%2Fauto%2Fstorage%2Fgoog4_request&X-Goog-Date=20210221T070956Z&X-Goog-Expires=3600&X-Goog-SignedHeaders=host&X-Goog-Signature=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 |
| spellingShingle | Robert A Dick Chaoyi Xu Dustin R Morado Vladyslav Kravchuk Clifton L Ricana Terri D Lyddon Arianna M Broad J Ryan Feathers Marc C Johnson Volker M Vogt Juan R Perilla John A G Briggs Florian K M Schur Structures of immature EIAV Gag lattices reveal a conserved role for IP6 in lentivirus assembly. PLoS Pathogens |
| title | Structures of immature EIAV Gag lattices reveal a conserved role for IP6 in lentivirus assembly. |
| title_full | Structures of immature EIAV Gag lattices reveal a conserved role for IP6 in lentivirus assembly. |
| title_fullStr | Structures of immature EIAV Gag lattices reveal a conserved role for IP6 in lentivirus assembly. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structures of immature EIAV Gag lattices reveal a conserved role for IP6 in lentivirus assembly. |
| title_short | Structures of immature EIAV Gag lattices reveal a conserved role for IP6 in lentivirus assembly. |
| title_sort | structures of immature eiav gag lattices reveal a conserved role for ip6 in lentivirus assembly |
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