The diversity of protein-protein interaction interfaces within T=3 icosahedral viral capsids.

TitleThe diversity of protein-protein interaction interfaces within T=3 icosahedral viral capsids.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsPrakash DLalwani, Gosavi S
JournalFront Mol Biosci
Volume9
Pagination967877
Date Published2022
ISSN2296-889X
Abstract

Some non-enveloped virus capsids assemble from multiple copies of a single type of coat-protein (CP). The comparative energetics of the diverse CP-CP interfaces present in such capsids likely govern virus assembly-disassembly mechanisms. The T = 3 icosahedral capsids comprise 180 CP copies arranged about two-, three-, five- and six-fold axes of (quasi-)rotation symmetry. Structurally diverse CPs can assemble into T = 3 capsids. Specifically, the CPs are structurally distinct from the , and CPs which fold into the classic "jelly-roll" fold. However, capsids from across the four families are known to disassemble into dimers. To understand whether the overall symmetry of the capsid or the structural details of the CP determine virus assembly-disassembly mechanisms, we analyze the different CP-CP interfaces that occur in the four virus families. Previous work studied protein homodimer interfaces using interface size (relative to the monomer) and hydrophobicity. Here, we analyze all CP-CP interfaces using these two parameters and find that the dimerization interface (present between two CPs congruent through a two-fold axis of rotation) has a larger relative size in the than in the other viruses. The relative sizes of the other interfaces and all the jelly-roll interfaces are similar. However, the dimerization interfaces across families have slightly higher hydrophobicity, potentially making them stronger than other interfaces. Finally, although the CP-monomers of the jelly-roll viruses are structurally similar, differences in their dimerization interfaces leads to varied dimer flexibility. Overall, differences in CP-structures may induce different modes of swelling and assembly-disassembly in the T = 3 viruses.

DOI10.3389/fmolb.2022.967877
Alternate JournalFront Mol Biosci
PubMed ID36339706
PubMed Central IDPMC9631432
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