Human coronavirus NL63 open reading frame 3 encodes a virion-incorporated N-glycosylated membrane protein

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dc.contributor.authorMüller, Marcel A.
dc.contributor.authorvan der Hoek, Lia
dc.contributor.authorVoss, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorBader, Oliver
dc.contributor.authorLehmann, Dörte
dc.contributor.authorSchulz, Axel R.
dc.contributor.authorKallies, Stephan
dc.contributor.authorSuliman, Tasnim
dc.contributor.authorFielding, Burtram C.
dc.contributor.authorDrosten, Christian
dc.contributor.authorNiedrig, Matthias
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-28T13:47:59Z
dc.date.available2013-11-28T13:47:59Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractBackground: Human pathogenic coronavirus NL63 (hCoV-NL63) is a group 1 (alpha) coronavirus commonly associated with respiratory tract infections. In addition to known non-structural and structural proteins all coronaviruses have one or more accessory proteins whose functions are mostly unknown. Our study focuses on hCoV-NL63 open reading frame 3 (ORF 3) which is a highly conserved accessory protein among coronaviruses. Results: In-silico analysis of the 225 amino acid sequence of hCoV-NL63 ORF 3 predicted a triple membranespanning protein. Expression in infected CaCo-2 and LLC-MK2 cells was confirmed by immunofluorescence and Western blot analysis. The protein was detected within the endoplasmatic reticulum/Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC) where coronavirus assembly and budding takes place. Subcellular localization studies using recombinant ORF 3 protein transfected in Huh-7 cells revealed occurrence in ERGIC, Golgi- and lysosomal compartments. By fluorescence microscopy of differently tagged envelope (E), membrane (M) and nucleocapsid (N) proteins it was shown that ORF 3 protein colocalizes extensively with E and M within the ERGIC. Using N-terminally FLAG-tagged ORF 3 protein and an antiserum specific to the C-terminus we verified the proposed topology of an extracellular N-terminus and a cytosolic C-terminus. By in-vitro translation analysis and subsequent endoglycosidase H digestion we showed that ORF 3 protein is N-glycosylated at the N-terminus. Analysis of purified viral particles revealed that ORF 3 protein is incorporated into virions and is therefore an additional structural protein. Conclusions: This study is the first extensive expression analysis of a group 1 hCoV-ORF 3 protein. We give evidence that ORF 3 protein is a structural N-glycosylated and virion-incorporated protein.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationMüller, M.A., et al. (2010). Human coronavirus NL63 open reading frame 3 encodes a virion-incorporated N-glycosylated membrane protein. Virology Journal, 7(6): 1-12en_US
dc.identifier.issn1743-422X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/885
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.rightsCopyright Müller et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-7-6
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectHuman pathogenic coronavirus NL63 (hCoV-NL63)en_US
dc.subjectN-glycosylated proteinen_US
dc.subjectVirion-incorporated proteinen_US
dc.titleHuman coronavirus NL63 open reading frame 3 encodes a virion-incorporated N-glycosylated membrane proteinen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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