Ulaeto D, Grosenbach D, Hruby D E
Chemical & Biological Defence Establishment, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom.
J Virol. 1996 Jun;70(6):3372-7. doi: 10.1128/JVI.70.6.3372-3377.1996.
Gel analysis of vaccinia virus particles purified by buoyant [correction of bouyant] density demonstrates a protein with an estimated molecular mass of 59 kDa, which is apparently restricted to the intracellular mature virion (IMV) form. Western blotting (immunoblotting) and immunoprecipitation procedures identify the protein as the vaccinia virus 4c protein, which facilitates occlusion of poxvirus particles within cowpox cytoplasmic inclusions. Western blotting procedures also identify the truncated A-type inclusion protein of vaccinia virus as a specific marker for IMV particles. Kinetic analyses of virion maturation and 4c production suggest that peak enveloped virion production occurs before peak IMV production in the virus replication cycle and that 4c production is concomitant with maturation of IMV. The implications for a distinct and evolutionarily conserved function of IMV in viral pathogenesis are discussed.
通过浮力密度纯化的痘苗病毒颗粒的凝胶分析显示,有一种估计分子量为59 kDa的蛋白质,它显然只存在于细胞内成熟病毒粒子(IMV)形式中。蛋白质印迹法(免疫印迹法)和免疫沉淀程序确定该蛋白质为痘苗病毒4c蛋白,它有助于痘病毒颗粒在牛痘细胞质内含物中被包裹。蛋白质印迹法程序还确定痘苗病毒截短的A型内含物蛋白是IMV颗粒的特异性标志物。病毒粒子成熟和4c产生的动力学分析表明,在病毒复制周期中,有包膜病毒粒子的产量峰值出现在IMV产量峰值之前,并且4c的产生与IMV的成熟同时发生。本文讨论了IMV在病毒发病机制中独特且进化保守功能的意义。