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. 1981 Oct;40(1):173–183. doi: 10.1128/jvi.40.1.173-183.1981

Differences between poliovirus empty capsids formed in vivo and those formed in vitro: a role for the morphopoietic factor.

J R Putnak, B A Phillips
PMCID: PMC256607  PMID: 6270373

Abstract

Empty capsid species formed from the self- and extract-mediated assembly of poliovirus type 1 14S particles in vitro and procapsids isolated from virus-infected cells were subjected to isoelectric focusing in charge-free agarose gels. The empty capsid formed in the self-assembly reaction had an isoelectric point (pI) of 5.0, whereas procapsids and extract-assembled empty capsids focused at pH 6.8. Unreacted 14S particles focused at pH 4.8 to 5.0. The sedimentation coefficient (s20,w) and density of the empty capsid species were also determined. Procapsids had a density in CsCl of 1.31 g/cm3, whereas empty capsids formed by self- or extract-mediated assembly had a density of 1.29 g/cm3. Both extract-assembled empty capsids and procapsids had an s20,w of 75S, whereas self-assembled empty capsids had an s20,w of 71S. Self-assembled empty capsids were not converted to pI 6.8 empty capsids by incubation with poliovirus-infected HeLa cell extracts. The dissociated polypeptides of self-assembled empty capsids (pI 5.0) and procapsids (pI 6.8) behaved identically when analyzed by isoelectric focusing in the presence of 9 M urea and by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. These results suggest that infected cell extracts possess a factor that influences the final conformation of the empty shell (pI 6.8, 75S) formed from 14S particles and that this influences is exerted at the initiation step or during the polymerization reaction. A small amount of this activity (less than or equal to 20% of infected extracts) was detected in uninfected cells; the significance of this remains unknown.

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