Chaperone role for proteins p618 and p892 in the extracellular tail development of Acidianus two-tailed virus

Urte Scheele, Susanne Erdmann, Ernst J. Ungewickell, Catarina Felisberto-Rodrigues, Miguel Ortiz-Lombardía, Roger Antony Garrett

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Abstract

The crenarchaeal Acidianus two-tailed virus (ATV) undergoes a remarkable morphological development, extracellularly and independently of host cells, by growing long tails at each end of a spindle-shaped virus particle. Initial work suggested that an intermediate filament-like protein, p800, is involved in this process. We propose that an additional chaperone system is required, consisting of a MoxR-type AAA ATPase (p618) and a von Willebrand domain A (VWA)-containing cochaperone, p892. Both proteins are absent from the other known bicaudavirus, STSV1, which develops a single tail intracellularly. p618 exhibits ATPase activity and forms a hexameric ring complex that closely resembles the oligomeric complex of the MoxR-like protein RavA (YieN). ATV proteins p387, p653, p800, and p892 interact with p618, and with the exception of p800, all bind to DNA. A model is proposed to rationalize the interactions observed between the different protein and DNA components and to explain their possible structural and functional roles in extracellular tail development.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Virology
Vol/bind85
Udgave nummer10
Sider (fra-til)4812-4821
Antal sider10
ISSN1098-5514
DOI
StatusUdgivet - maj 2011

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