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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 5, 2134-2139, 02, 1988

Site-directed mutagenesis of the avian retrovirus nucleocapsid protein, pp 12, at Serine 40, the primary site of phosphorylation in vivo

XD Fu, PT Tuazon, JA Traugh and J Leis
Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland 44106.

The major nucleocapsid protein of avian retroviruses, pp 12, binds to single-stranded viral RNA with high affinity. Phosphorylation at Ser-40 is necessary for this binding. In order to examine the role of phosphorylation of serine 40 in the biological function of pp 12, we have introduced a series of amino acid substitutions at this position in the Rous sarcoma virus (Pr-C) protein. Substitution of threonine, alanine, or three other amino acids for Ser-40 had very little or no detectable effect on viral replication, nor did the control substitution of glycine for Ser-43, a nonphosphorylated residue. In vivo and in vitro, the Ala-40 and probably the Thr-40 substituted p 12 proteins are phosphorylated at alternative sites which are phosphorylated to a minor extent in vivo in the wild type protein. A study of the RNA binding properties of Ala-40 substituted p 12 has indicated that the protein has been stabilized in a high affinity RNA binding state which is independent of phosphorylation. The viability of the Ala-40 mutant virus indicates that this high binding affinity may be required for biological activity.
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