Abstract
Glycoprotein B (gB) is an essential protein specified by herpes simplex virus and a major envelope component of the virions. It is known to assemble into noncovalently associated dimers. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of topogenic domains of gB in dimer assembly and the intracellular location at which gB dimers are assembled. Therefore, dimer analyses were performed on intact gB and its three COOH-terminus-truncated gB derivatives encoding NH 2-terminal 772, 586, and 477 amino acids (aa) of the mature gB, using SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and sucrose gradient assays. Dimers were detected in gB and in tgB(772 aa), but were absent from tgB(586 aa) and from tgB(477 aa). These results showed that a 102 as cytosolic domain (aa 773–874) is not required for the assembly of gB dimers. In addition, using endoglycosidase H treatment and dimer analysis of gB synthesized during 7 min pulse-labeling period, we have demonstrated that ER is the subcellular organelle at which gB monomers are assembled into dimeric forms.
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