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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 277, 期 43, 页码 40434-40441出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M205393200
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Enterovirus nonstructural 2B protein is involved in cell membrane permeabilization during late viral infection. Here we analyze the pore forming activity of poliovirus 2B and several of its variants. Solubilization of 2B protein was achieved by generating a fusion protein comprised of poliovirus 2B attached to a maltose-binding protein (MEP) as an N-terminal solubilization. partner. MEP-2B was assayed using large unilamellar vesicles as target membranes. This fusion protein was able to assemble into discrete structures that disrupted the permeability barrier of vesicles composed of anionic phospholipids. The transbilayer aqueous connections generated by MBP-2B were stable over time, allowing the passage of solutes of molecular mass under 1,000 Da. Oligomerization was investigated using fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Our data indicate that MBP-2B aggregation occurs at the membrane surface. Moreover, MBP-2B binding to membranes promoted the formation of SDS-resistant tetramers. We conclude that MBP-2B forms oligomers capable of generating a tetrameric aqueous pore in lipid bilayers. These findings are the first evidence of viroporin activity shown by a protein from a naked animal virus.
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