Abstract
The influenza A virus PB1-F2 protein predominantly localizes in the mitochondria of virus-infected cells. A series of cDNAs encoding N- and C-terminal deletion mutants and site-directed mutagenesis of the basic residues of PB1-F2 appended to 3xFLAG revealed the domain from residues 46 to 75 to be both necessary and sufficient for mitochondrial targeting. In addition, the subdomain residues 63-75 and both Lys73 and Arg75 are minimally required for mitochondrial localization. Transfection of untagged- and 3xFLAG tagged-PB1-F2 into Vero, HeLa and MDCK cells changed the mitochondrial morphology from a filamentous to a dotted structure and suppressed the inner-membrane potential.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 331-336 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | FEBS Letters |
Volume | 578 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2004/12/17 |
Keywords
- Influenza A virus
- Mitochondrial membrane potential
- Mitochondrion
- PB1-F2 protein
- Targeting sequence
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Structural Biology
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Cell Biology