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Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, December 1998, p. 1171-1190, Vol. 62, No. 4
1092-2172/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Virus Maturation by Budding

Henrik Garoff,* Roger Hewson,dagger and Dirk-Jan E. Opstelten

Department of Biosciences at Novum, S-141 57 Huddinge, Sweden

Enveloped viruses mature by budding at cellular membranes. It has been generally thought that this process is driven by interactions between the viral transmembrane proteins and the internal virion components (core, capsid, or nucleocapsid). This model was particularly applicable to alphaviruses, which require both spike proteins and a nucleocapsid for budding. However, genetic studies have clearly shown that the retrovirus core protein, i.e., the Gag protein, is able to form enveloped particles by itself. Also, budding of negative-strand RNA viruses (rhabdoviruses, orthomyxoviruses, and paramyxoviruses) seems to be accomplished mainly by internal components, most probably the matrix protein, since the spike proteins are not absolutely required for budding of these viruses either. In contrast, budding of coronavirus particles can occur in the absence of the nucleocapsid and appears to require two membrane proteins only. Biochemical and structural data suggest that the proteins, which play a key role in budding, drive this process by forming a three-dimensional (cage-like) protein lattice at the surface of or within the membrane. Similarly, recent electron microscopic studies revealed that the alphavirus spike proteins are also engaged in extensive lateral interactions, forming a dense protein shell at the outer surface of the viral envelope. On the basis of these data, we propose that the budding of enveloped viruses in general is governed by lateral interactions between peripheral or integral membrane proteins. This new concept also provides answers to the question of how viral and cellular membrane proteins are sorted during budding. In addition, it has implications for the mechanism by which the virion is uncoated during virus entry.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biosciences at Novum, Karolinska Institutet, S-141 57 Huddinge, Sweden. Phone: 46-8-608-9125. Fax: 46-8-774-5538. E-mail: henrik.garoff{at}cbt.ki.se.

dagger Present address: Centre of Applied Microbiology and Research, Viral Pathogens Unit, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom.

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, December 1998, p. 1171-1190, Vol. 62, No. 4
1092-2172/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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