The Molecular Chaperone Calnexin Interacts with the NSP4 Enterotoxin of Rotavirus In Vivo and In Vitro

AUTOR(ES)

Mirazimi, Ali

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Calnexin is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated molecular chaperone proposed to promote folding and assembly of glycoproteins that traverse the secretory pathway in eukaryotic cells. In this study we examined if calnexin interacts with the ER-associated luminal (VP7) and transmembrane (NSP4) proteins of rotavirus. Only glycosylated NSP4 interacted with calnexin and did so in a time-dependent manner (half-life, 20 min). In vitro translation experiments programmed with gene 10 of rhesus rotavirus confirmed that calnexin recognizes only glycosylated NSP4. Castanospermine (a glucosidase I and II inhibitor) experiments established that calnexin associates only with partly deglucosylated (di- or monoglucosylated) NSP4. Furthermore, enzymatic removal of the remaining glucose residues on the N-linked glycan units was essential to disengage the NSP4-calnexin complex. Novel experiments with castanospermine revealed that glucose trimming and the calnexin-NSP4 interaction were not critical for the assembly of infectious virus.

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