Abstract

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. Primary support for the subproject and the subproject's principal investigator may have been provided by other sources, including other NIH sources. The Total Cost listed for the subproject likely represents the estimated amount of Center infrastructure utilized by the subproject, not direct funding provided by the NCRR grant to the subproject or subproject staff. We started a new project, in collaboration with the Gary Blissard group at BTI Cornell, to investigate the role of the transmembrane (TM) domain of GP64 for viral membrane fusion. GP64 is the major glycoprotein in autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV). Blissard and his coworkers found that mutants of GP64 in which the TM domain of GP64 was substituted with corresponding TM domains from six viral envelope proteins and two cellular membrane proteins could all induce hemifusion, but only some of the mutants could complete fusion activities. To examine what is the contribution of changes in the membrane structure to the differences in the fusion activities mediated by these proteins, the spin labeling method will be used to study the dynamic structures of plasma membrane vesicles (PMV) derived from sf9 cells in which GP64 and its mutants are expressed.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
Biotechnology Resource Grants (P41)
Project #
2P41RR016292-11
Application #
8364042
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-BCMB-K (40))
Project Start
2011-09-01
Project End
2012-08-31
Budget Start
2011-09-01
Budget End
2012-08-31
Support Year
11
Fiscal Year
2011
Total Cost
$482
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Cornell University
Department
Chemistry
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
872612445
City
Ithaca
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
14850

  Publications

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Airola, Michael V; Sukomon, Nattakan; Samanta, Dipanjan et al. (2013) HAMP domain conformers that propagate opposite signals in bacterial chemoreceptors. PLoS Biol 11:e1001479
Airola, Michael V; Huh, Doowon; Sukomon, Nattakan et al. (2013) Architecture of the soluble receptor Aer2 indicates an in-line mechanism for PAS and HAMP domain signaling. J Mol Biol 425:886-901
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Smith, Andrew K; Freed, Jack H (2012) Dynamics and ordering of lipid spin-labels along the coexistence curve of two membrane phases: an ESR study. Chem Phys Lipids 165:348-61
Yu, Renyuan Pony; Darmon, Jonathan M; Hoyt, Jordan M et al. (2012) High-Activity Iron Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of Hindered, Unfunctionalized Alkenes. ACS Catal 2:1760-1764
Gaffney, Betty J; Bradshaw, Miles D; Frausto, Stephen D et al. (2012) Locating a lipid at the portal to the lipoxygenase active site. Biophys J 103:2134-44
Dzikovski, Boris; Tipikin, Dmitriy; Freed, Jack (2012) Conformational distributions and hydrogen bonding in gel and frozen lipid bilayers: a high frequency spin-label ESR study. J Phys Chem B 116:6694-706

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