P-Protein of Chandipura Virus Is an N-Protein-Specific Chaperone That Acts at the Nucleation Stage†

Majumdar, Amitabha ; Bhattacharya, Raja ; Basak, Soumen ; Shaila, M. S. ; Chattopadhyay, Dhrubajyoti ; Roy, Siddhartha (2004) P-Protein of Chandipura Virus Is an N-Protein-Specific Chaperone That Acts at the Nucleation Stage† Biochemistry, 43 (10). pp. 2863-2870. ISSN 0006-2960

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1021/bi035793r

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi035793r

Abstract

The nucleocapsid protein N of Chandipura virus is prone to aggregation in vitro. We have shown that this aggregation occurs in two phases in a nucleation-dependent manner. Electron microscopy suggests that the aggregated state may have a ring-like structure. Using a GFP fusion, we have shown that the N-protein also aggregates in vivo. The P-protein suppresses the N-protein aggregation efficiently, both in vitro and in vivo. Increased lag phase in the presence of the P-protein suggests that chaperone-like action of the P-protein occurs before the nucleation event. The P-protein, however, does not exert any chaperone-like action against other proteins, suggesting that it binds to the N-protein specifically. Surface plasmon resonance and fluorescence enhancement indeed suggest that the P-protein binds tightly to the native N-protein. The P-protein is thus an N-protein-specific chaperone which inhibits the nucleation phase of N-protein aggregation, thus keeping a pool of encapsidation-competent N-protein for viral maturation.

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