Assembly of Bacteriophage 80α Capsids in a Staphylococcus Aureus Expression System

Overview

Journal Virology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2012 Sep 18

PMID 22980502

Citations 15

Authors

Michael S Spilman

Priyadarshan K Damle

Altaira D Dearborn

Cynthia M Rodenburg

Jenny R Chang

Erin A Wall

Gail E Christie

Terje Dokland

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Abstract

80α is a temperate, double-stranded DNA bacteriophage of Staphylococcus aureus that can act as a "helper" for the mobilization of S. aureus pathogenicity islands (SaPIs), including SaPI1. When SaPI1 is mobilized by 80α, the SaPI genomes are packaged into capsids that are composed of phage proteins, but that are smaller than those normally formed by the phage. This size determination is dependent on SaPI1 proteins CpmA and CpmB. Here, we show that co-expression of the 80α capsid and scaffolding proteins in S. aureus, but not in E. coli, leads to the formation of procapsid-related structures, suggesting that a host co-factor is required for assembly. The capsid and scaffolding proteins also undergo normal N-terminal processing upon expression in S. aureus, implicating a host protease. We also find that SaPI1 proteins CpmA and CpmB promote the formation of small capsids upon co-expression with 80α capsid and scaffolding proteins in S. aureus.

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