Self-assembly of tobacco mosaic virus: the role of an intermediate aggregate in generating both specificity and speed

被引:119
作者
Butler, PJG [1 ]
机构
[1] MRC, Mol Biol Lab, Cambridge CB2 2QH, England
关键词
tobacco mosaic virus; self assembly; RNA-protein interactions; sub-assemblies; protein disk;
D O I
10.1098/rstb.1999.0405
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) particle was the first macromolecular structure to be shown to self-assemble in vitro, allowing detailed studies of the mechanism. Nucleation of TMV self-assembly is by the binding of a specific stem-loop of the single-stranded viral RNA into the central hole of a two-ring sub-assembly of tilt: coat protein, known as the 'disk'. Binding of the loop onto its specific binding site, between the two rings of the disk, leads to melting of the stem so more RNA is available to bind. The interaction of the RNA with the protein subunits ill the disk cause this to dislocate into a proto-helix, rearranging the protein subunits in such a way that the axial gap between the rings at inner radii closes, entrapping the RNA. Assembly starts at an internal site on TMV RNA, about 1 kb from its 3'-terminus, and the elongation in the two directions is different. Elongation of the nucleated rods towards the 5'-terminus occurs on a 'travelling loop' of the RNA and, predominantly still uses the disk sub-assembly of protein subunits, consequently incorporating approximately 100 further nucleotides as each disk is added, while elongation towards the 3'-terminus uses smaller protein aggregates and does not show this 'quantized' incorporation.
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