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JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY
卷 81, 期 -, 页码 1955-1959出版社
SOC GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-81-8-1955
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Expression of the rotavirus non-structural glycoprotein NSP4 in E. coli leads to a decrease in optical density of the culture and release of [H-3]uridine into the medium, effects attributable to the ability of NSP4 to perturb the bacterial membrane. To identify a domain of NSP4 responsible, different regions of the polypeptide were expressed in E. coli. Membrane destabilization is associated with a region of the protein located within residues 48-91, which includes a potential cationic amphipathic helix. A second region of NSP4 that contains a coiled-coil oligomerization domain and a sequence reported to function as a viral enterotoxin enhances the membrane-destabilizing activity of residues 48-91, but has no direct effect on the membrane stability. These studies suggest that the membrane-destabilizing and enterotoxic properties of NSP4 may be mediated by different regions of the polypeptide and suggest a possible basis for the cytotoxicity of NSP4 in mammalian cells.
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