Article
Cellular distribution of Lysyl-tRNA synthetase and its interaction with Gag during human immunodeficiency virus type 1 assembly.
Journal of virology - 1 Jul 2004
Halwani Rabih, Cen Shan, Javanbakht Hassan, Saadatmand Jenan, Kim Sunghoon, Shiba Kiyotaka, Kleiman Lawrence
Abstract excerpt
Lysyl-tRNA synthetase (LysRS) is packaged into human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) via its interaction with Gag, and this enzyme facilitates the selective packaging of tRNA(3)(Lys), the primer for initiating reverse transcription, into HIV-1. The Gag/LysRS interaction is detected at detergent-resistant membrane but not in membrane-free cell compartments that contain Gag and LysRS. LysRS is found (i). in...
Topics
- Cell Line
- Gene Products, gag
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Lysine-tRNA Ligase
- Mutation
- Subcellular Fractions
- Transfection
- Virion
- Virus Assembly
