Mechanism of capsid maturation in a double-stranded DNA virus
AUTOR(ES)
Tuma, Roman
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
Folding mechanisms of proteins incorporated within supramolecular assemblies, including viruses, are little understood and may differ fundamentally from folding mechanisms of small globular proteins. We describe a novel Raman dynamic probe of hydrogen-isotope exchange to investigate directly these protein folding/assembly pathways. The method is applied to subunit folding in assembly intermediates of the double-stranded DNA bacteriophage P22. The icosahedral procapsid-to-capsid maturation (shell expansion) of P22 is shown to be accompanied by a large increase in exchange protection of peptide β-strands. The molecular mechanism of shell expansion involves unfolding of metastable tertiary structure to form more stable quaternary contacts and is governed by a surprisingly high activation energy. The results demonstrate that coat subunit folding and capsid expansion are strongly coupled processes. Subunit structure in the procapsid represents a late intermediate along the folding/assembly pathway to the mature capsid. Coupling of folding and assembly is proposed as a general pathway for the construction of supramolecular complexes.
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