病毒蛋白的磷酸化修飾在病毒的生命周期中具有重要的功能,。A型流感病毒基因編碼的14個(gè)病毒蛋白中,除了新發(fā)現(xiàn)的PB1 N40,,PA-X和M42蛋白外,,其余11個(gè)病毒蛋白被認(rèn)為在病毒感染的細(xì)胞中或者在病毒顆粒里存在磷酸化修飾的形式,包括了RNA聚合酶PA,,PB1和PB2蛋白,,核蛋白NP,兩個(gè)表面抗原蛋白HA和NA,,非結(jié)構(gòu)蛋白NS1,,核輸出蛋白NEP,PB1-F2蛋白,,以及兩個(gè)基質(zhì)蛋白M1和M2,。
M1蛋白是流感病毒粒子中序列最保守、含量最豐富的蛋白,,它在A型流感病毒的生命周期中行駛著很多功能,,包括脫衣殼、病毒轉(zhuǎn)錄,、vRNPs的核輸出,、病毒組裝和出芽。M1的磷酸化修飾可能對這些過程進(jìn)行了調(diào)控,。
中國科學(xué)院微生物研究所劉文軍研究員研究團(tuán)隊(duì)首次報(bào)道了A型流感病毒M1蛋白上一個(gè)具有功能的酪氨酸磷酸化位點(diǎn)(132位的酪氨酸),。鑒定了這個(gè)位點(diǎn)是M1上主要的酪氨酸磷酸化位點(diǎn),在病毒復(fù)制過程中,,M1蛋白在這個(gè)位點(diǎn)上被磷酸化修飾,,從而促進(jìn)M1蛋白與細(xì)胞內(nèi)的核運(yùn)輸受體importin-α蛋白的結(jié)合,保證了M1蛋白被運(yùn)輸至細(xì)胞核中行駛功能,。當(dāng)這個(gè)位點(diǎn)突變后,,失去磷酸化修飾,M1蛋白不再入核,,病毒復(fù)制無法進(jìn)行,。經(jīng)序列比對,第132位的酪氨酸在幾乎所有的A型流感病毒亞型的M1蛋白中均保守。
這些結(jié)果鑒定了第132位酪氨酸這個(gè)磷酸化位點(diǎn)在流感病毒復(fù)制中的關(guān)鍵性功能,,揭示了磷酸化調(diào)控M1從細(xì)胞漿到細(xì)胞核轉(zhuǎn)運(yùn)的新機(jī)制,,為抗病毒藥物的研發(fā)提供了一個(gè)新的病毒蛋白的靶點(diǎn)。
該研究成果已在線發(fā)表于國際病毒學(xué)學(xué)術(shù)刊物Journal of Virology上,。(生物谷Bioon.com)
doi: 10.1128/JVI.03024-12
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Tyrosine 123 phosphorylation of influenza A virus M1 protein is crucial for virus replication by controlling its nuclear import
Shanshan Wang, Zhendong Zhao, Yuhai Bi, Lei Sun, Xiaoling Liu, Wenjun Liu.
Phosphorylation of viral protein plays important roles in the influenza A virus (IAV) life cycle. By using mass spectrometry, we have identified tyrosine (Y) 1 as a phosphorylation site of matrix protein (M1) of influenza A/WSN/19(H1N1). Phosphorylation at this site is essential to the process of virus replication by controlling the nuclear import of M1. We further demonstrate that the phosphorylated tyrosine is crucial for the binding of M1 to the nuclear import factor importin-α1, since any substitutions at this site severely reduce this protein-protein interaction and damage the importin-α1-mediated nuclear import of M1. Additionally, the tyrosine phosphorylation which leads to the nuclear import of M1 is blocked by the Janus kinase inhibitor. The present study reveals a pivotal role of this tyrosine phosphorylation in the intracellular transportation of M1, which controls the process of viral replication