The RNA-Binding Protein of a Double-Stranded RNA Virus Acts like a Scaffold Protein

Journal of Virology
Carlos P MataJ R Castón

Abstract

Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV), a nonenveloped, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) virus with a T=13 icosahedral capsid, has a virion assembly strategy that initiates with a precursor particle based on an internal scaffold shell similar to that of tailed double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viruses. In IBDV-infected cells, the assembly pathway results mainly in mature virions that package four dsRNA segments, although minor viral populations ranging from zero to three dsRNA segments also form. We used cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), cryo-electron tomography, and atomic force microscopy to characterize these IBDV populations. The VP3 protein was found to act as a scaffold protein by building an irregular, ∼40-Å-thick internal shell without icosahedral symmetry, which facilitates formation of a precursor particle, the procapsid. Analysis of IBDV procapsid mechanical properties indicated a VP3 layer beneath the icosahedral shell, which increased the effective capsid thickness. Whereas scaffolding proteins are discharged in tailed dsDNA viruses, VP3 is a multifunctional protein. In mature virions, VP3 is bound to the dsRNA genome, which is organized as ribonucleoprotein complexes. IBDV is an amalgam of dsRNA viral ancestors and traits ...Continue Reading

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