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Proteolytic Processing of Foamy Virus Gag and Pol Proteins

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Foamy Viruses

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology ((CT MICROBIOLOGY,volume 277))

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The foamy viral proteases (FV PRs) are set apart from other retroviral processing enzymes by unique features. The first remarkable property is that FV PRs are enzymatically active as high-molecular-mass Pro-Pol proteins. Hence there exist multiple forms of active FV PRs that likely contribute to cleavage site specificity. A FV PR of low molecular size is not detectable in purified virions, in contrast to PRs of other retroviruses that are found in virus particles. Because the major part of Pol remains attached to the amino-terminal enzymatically active PR protein region, the FV-specific way of expressing Pro-Pol polyproteins from a pol-specific transcript provides for the incorporation of Pro-Pol and IN into virus particles. Proteolytic processing of Gag and Pol proteins is incomplete and delayed. Another novel feature is that the catalytic center of the active dimers of cat FV PR consists of D-S/T-Q instead of D-S/T-G, an unprecedented feature of this enzyme. The temporal and spatial control and the factors that regulate FV PRs remain to be elucidated.

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Flügel, R.M., Pfrepper, KI. (2003). Proteolytic Processing of Foamy Virus Gag and Pol Proteins. In: Rethwilm, A. (eds) Foamy Viruses. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol 277. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55701-9_3

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