The large form of hepatitis delta antigen is crucial for assembly of hepatitis delta virus
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- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.19.8490
The large form of hepatitis delta antigen is crucial for assembly of hepatitis delta virus
Abstract
The virions of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) contain two species of HDV-specific protein, a large and a small form of hepatitis delta antigen (HDAg). We examined the role of individual HDAgs in virion assembly in cotransfection experiments. First, we constructed a replication-competent HDV mutant expressing only the small HDAg. When cotransfected with a plasmid expressing hepatitis B virus surface antigens to the HuH-7 cells, the mutant did not produce HDV virions, whereas the wild-type HDV clone did. Therefore, though the small HDAg is important for viral replication and is incorporated into the virus, the small-form delta antigen by itself is insufficient for virion formation. When the system was co-transfected with an additional plasmid providing the large HDAg, the HDV virion was then recovered. There was also evidence suggesting that the large HDAg could be copackaged into the HBsAg particles, without the presence of the HDV genome and the small HDAg. The results indicate a crucial role of the large HDAg in HDV assembly.
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