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. 1990 Oct;64(10):5214–5218. doi: 10.1128/jvi.64.10.5214-5218.1990

Spike protein oligomerization control of Semliki Forest virus fusion.

M Lobigs 1, J M Wahlberg 1, H Garoff 1
PMCID: PMC248021  PMID: 2398543

Abstract

We have recently shown, using cleavage-deficient mutants of the p62-E1 membrane protein complex of Semliki Forest virus that p62 cleavage to E2 is necessary for the activation of the fusion function of the complex at pH 5.8 (a pH optimal for virus fusion) (M. Lobigs and H. Garoff, J. Virol. 64:1233-1240, 1990). In this study, we show that the mutant precursor complexes can be induced to activate membrane fusion when treated with more acidic buffers (pH 5.0 and 4.5), which also appear to dissociate most of the p62-E1 complexes and change the conformation of the E1 subunit (the supposed fusion protein of Semliki Forest virus into a form which is resistant to trypsin digestion. These data suggest that p62 cleavage is not essential for membrane fusion per se but that the crucial event activating this process seems to be the apparent dissociation of the heterodimer, which in turn is facilitated by the spike precursor cleavage.

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