Characterization of the influenza virus M2 integral membrane protein and expression at the infected-cell surface from cloned cDNA.

AUTOR(ES)

Zebedee, S L

RESUMO

An investigation of properties of the influenza A virus M2 protein indicated that it is synthesized by 2 h postinfection together with other viral polypeptides and is transported to the infected-cell surface with a half-time of approximately 30 to 40 min. The available evidence suggests that M2 is not N-glycosylated even though it contains a potential glycosylation site, and the intracellular pattern of protein distribution includes localization to the Golgi apparatus. Proteolysis of intracellular microsome vesicles followed by immunoprecipitation with antiserum to a synthetic oligopeptide indicated that the M2 protein contains an extensive region of COOH-terminal amino acids exposed on the cytoplasmic side of the infected-cell membrane. A cDNA clone of the M2 mRNA was obtained and expressed in an SV40 recombinant vector. The M2 protein expressed by the vector became associated with the Golgi complex and was found on the surface of vector-infected cells. M2 is antigenically conserved among all strains of influenza virus both in regions exposed on the cell surface and intracellularly.

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