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dc.contributor.author | Rowitch, David H. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hunter, Gary J. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Perham, Richard N. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-04T09:50:54Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-07-04T09:50:54Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1988 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Rowitch, D. H., Hunter, G. J., & Perham, R. N. (1988). Variable electrostatic interaction between DNA and coat protein in filamentous bacteriophage assembly. Journal of Molecular Biology, 204(3), 663-674. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 00222836 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/124287 | - |
dc.description.abstract | A restriction fragment carrying the major coat protein gene (gene VIII) was excised from the DNA of the class I filamentous bacteriophage fd, which infects Escherichia coli. This fragment was cloned into the expression plasmid pKK223-3, where it came under the control of the tac promoter, generating plasmid pKf8P. Bacteriophage fd gene VIII was similarly cloned into the plasmid pEMBL9 +, enabling it to be subjected to site-directed mutagenesis. By this means the positively charged lysine residue at position 48, one of four positively charged residues near the C terminus of the protein, was turned into a negatively charged glutamic acid residue. The mutated fd gene VIII was cloned back from the pEMBL plasmid into the expression plasmid pKK223-3, creating plasmid pKE48. In the presence of the inducer isopropyl-P-o-thiogalactoside, the wild-type and mutated coat protein genes were strongly expressed in E. coli TG 1 cells transformed with plasmids pKf8P and pKE48, respectively, and the product procoat proteins underwent processing and insertion into the E. coli cell inner membrane. A net positive charge of only 2 on the side-chains in the C-terminal region is evidently sufficient for this initial stage of the virus assembly process. However, the mutated coat protein could not encapsidate the DNA of bacteriophage R252, an fd bacteriophage carrying an amber mutation in its own gene VIII, when tested on non-suppressor strains of E. coli. On the other hand, elongated hybrid bacteriophage particles could be generated whose capsids contained mixtures of wild-type (K48) and mutant (E48) subunits. This suggests that the defect in assembly may occur at the initiation rather than the elongation step(s) in virus assembly. Other mutations of lysine-48 that removed or reversed the positive charge at this position in the C-terminal region of the coat protein were also found to lead to the production of commensurately longer bacteriophage particles. Taken together, these results indicate direct electrostatic interaction between the DNA and the coat protein in the capsid and support a model of non-specific binding between DNA and coat protein subunits with a stoicheiometry that can be varied during assembly. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Academic Press | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | DNA -- Analysis | en_GB |
dc.subject | Genetic markers | en_GB |
dc.subject | Bacteriophages | en_GB |
dc.subject | Electrostatics | en_GB |
dc.subject | Proteins | en_GB |
dc.subject | Circular dichroism | en_GB |
dc.title | Variable electrostatic interaction between DNA and coat protein in filamentous bacteriophage assembly | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
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dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.publication.title | Journal of Molecular Biology | en_GB |
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