Specific recognition of the HIV-1 genomic RNA by the Gag precursor

Ekram W. Abd El-Wahab, Redmond P. Smyth, Elodie Mailler, Serena Bernacchi, Valérie Vivet-Boudou, Marcel Hijnen, Fabrice Jossinet, Johnson Mak, Jean-Christophe Paillart () and Roland Marquet ()
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Ekram W. Abd El-Wahab: Architecture et Réactivité de l’ARN, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IBMC
Redmond P. Smyth: Architecture et Réactivité de l’ARN, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IBMC
Elodie Mailler: Architecture et Réactivité de l’ARN, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IBMC
Serena Bernacchi: Architecture et Réactivité de l’ARN, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IBMC
Valérie Vivet-Boudou: Architecture et Réactivité de l’ARN, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IBMC
Marcel Hijnen: Centre for Virology, Burnet Institute
Fabrice Jossinet: Architecture et Réactivité de l’ARN, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IBMC
Johnson Mak: Centre for Virology, Burnet Institute
Jean-Christophe Paillart: Architecture et Réactivité de l’ARN, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IBMC
Roland Marquet: Architecture et Réactivité de l’ARN, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IBMC

Nature Communications, 2014, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: Abstract During assembly of HIV-1 particles in infected cells, the viral Pr55Gag protein (or Gag precursor) must select the viral genomic RNA (gRNA) from a variety of cellular and viral spliced RNAs. However, there is no consensus on how Pr55Gag achieves this selection. Here, by using RNA binding and footprinting assays, we demonstrate that the primary Pr55Gag binding site on the gRNA consists of the internal loop and the lower part of stem-loop 1 (SL1), the upper part of which initiates gRNA dimerization. A double regulation ensures specific binding of Pr55Gag to the gRNA despite the fact that SL1 is also present in spliced viral RNAs. The region upstream of SL1, which is present in all HIV-1 RNAs, prevents binding to SL1, but this negative effect is counteracted by sequences downstream of SL4, which are unique to the gRNA.

Date: 2014
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