Oligomerization of the influenza virus polymerase complex in vivo

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Jorba, Nuria [1 ]
Area, Estela [1 ]
Ortin, Juan [1 ]
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[1] Ctr Nacl Biotecnol, CSIC, Madrid 28049, Spain
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10.1099/vir.0.83387-0
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
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The influenza virus polymerase is a heterotrimer formed by the PB1, PB2 and PA subunits and is responsible for virus transcription and replication. We have expressed the virus polymerase complex by co-transfection of the subunit cDNAs, one of which was tandem affinity purification (TAP)-tagged, into human cells. The intracellular polymerase complexes were purified by the TAP approach, involving two affinity chromatography steps, IgG-Sepharose and calmodulin-agarose. Gel-filtration analysis indicated that, although most of the purified polymerase behaved as a heterotrimer, a significant proportion of the purified material migrated as polymerase dimers, trimers and higher oligomers. Co-purification of polymerase complexes alternatively tagged in the same subunit confirmed that the polymerase complex might form oligomers intracellularly. The implications of this observation for virus infection are discussed.
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