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Lecture 29: Viruses
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Lecture outline 11/11/05
• Types of viruses
– Bacteriophage
• Lytic and lysogenic life cycles
– DNA viruses
– RNA viruses
• Influenza
• HIV
• Prions
– Mad cow disease
Figure 18.4 Viral structure
Capsomere
of capsid
RNA
Capsomere
Membranous
envelope
DNA
Head
Capsid Tail
sheath
RNA
DNA
Tail
fiber
Glycoprotein
18  250 mm
20 nm
(a) Tobacco mosaic virus
Glycoprotein
70–90 nm (diameter)
80–200 nm (diameter)
50 nm
50 nm
(b) Adenoviruses
(c) Influenza viruses
80  225 nm
50 nm
(d) Bacteriophage T4
Viral reproductive cycle
DNA
Capsid
VIRUS
Entry into cell and
uncoating of DNA
HOST CELL
Replication
Transcription
Viral DNA
mRNA
Viral DNA
Capsid
proteins
Figure 18.5
Self-assembly
of new
virus particles
and their exit
from cell
A capsid is the protein shell
that encloses the viral genome
Capsomere
of capsid
RNA
Capsomere
DNA
Head
Tail
sheath
DNA
Tail
fiber
Glycoprotein
70–90 nm (diameter)
18  250 mm
20 nm
50 nm
gure 18.4a, b (a) Tobacco mosaic virus (b) Adenoviruses
Figure 18.4d
80  225 nm
50 nm
(d) Bacteriophage T4
Viral Envelopes are derived from
the membrane of the host cell
Membranous
envelope
Capsid
RNA
Glycoprotein
80–200 nm (diameter)
Figure 18.4c
50 nm
(c) Influenza viruses
Bacteriophage
• Viruses of bacteria have been studied
for decades
– T1, T2, T4
• “virulent”
– Lambda
• “temperate”
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The lytic cycle of T4
1
Attachment.
binds to specific
receptor sites
on cell surface.
2
5
Entry of phage DNA
and degradation of
host DNA.
Release (lysis)
Phage assembly
4
Head Tails Tail fibers
Assembly of
phage capsid
3
Synthesis of viral
genomes
and proteins.
The lytic and lysogenic cycles of phage 
Attachment and
injection of
DNA.
Phage
DNA
This is a “temperate” phage
Many cell divisions
produce a large
population of bacteria
infected with the
prophage.
Phage DNA
circularizes
Phage
Occasionally, a prophage
exits the bacterial chromosome,
initiating a lytic cycle.
Bacterial
chromosome
Lysogenic cycle
Lytic cycle
Lysis and release
Certain factors
determine whether
or
New phage particles
synthesized
Prophage
Replicates with
host DNA
Integrated into host
chromosome.
Classes of Animal Viruses
Genome Type
Viral coat
Examples
ds DNA
No
Herpes, chickenpox
Yes
Smallpox
ss DNA
no
Parvovirus
dsRNA
no
Tick fever
ss RNA
(serves as mRNA)
no
yes
Rhinovirus
SARS
ssRNA
(template)
yes
Influenza
Ebola
ssRNA
(retrovirus)
yes
HIV
DNA Viruses
RNA Viruses
Smallpox
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Influenza
One of the few viruses with
genome in segments (8)
“H5N1”
Spikes of hemagglutanin
And neuraminidase
The reproductive cycle of an enveloped
RNA virus
1 Glycoproteins on the viral envelope
bind to specific receptor molecules
(not shown) on the host cell,
promoting viral entry into the cell.
Capsid
RNA
Envelope (with
glycoproteins)
2 Capsid and viral genome
enter cell
HOST CELL
Viral genome (RNA)
Template
5 Complementary RNA
strands also function as mRNA,
which is translated into both
capsid proteins (in the cytosol)
and glycoproteins for the viral
envelope (in the ER).
3 The viral genome (red)
functions as a template for
synthesis of complementary
RNA strands (pink) by a viral
enzyme.
mRNA
Capsid
proteins
ER
Glycoproteins
Copy of
genome (RNA)
4 New copies of viral
genome RNA are made
using complementary RNA
strands as templates.
6 Vesicles transport
envelope glycoproteins to
the plasma membrane.
8 New virus
7
A capsid assembles
around each viral
genome molecule.
Why are flu vaccines so hard
to make?
• Flu strains are highly variable
– Recombination among the viral gene
segments
– RNA polymerase has high mutation
rate
• Now have some antiviral drugs
(e.g. Tamiflu)
– blocks the neuramidase enzyme so
virus isn’t released from cell
HIV
www.who.int/hiv/facts/en/
The structure of HIV, the retrovirus that causes
AIDS
Only 9 genes in HIV:
Viral coat proteins
Reverse transcriptase
Integrase
Protease
Glycoprotein
Viral envelope
Capsid
Reverse
transcriptase
RNA
(two identical
strands)
HIV reproduction
HIV
Membrane of
white blood cell
1
Viral RNA enters cell
Reverse transcriptase
2
synthesizes DNA from
RNA template
.
HOST CELL
3
Reverse
transcriptase
Makes second DNA strand.
Viral RNA
RNA-DNA
hybrid
Incorporated
into host
chromosome.
4
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HIV entering a cell
DNA
NUCLEUS
Chromosomal
DNA
Provirus
5
New viral RNA is
transcribed.
RNA genome
for the next
viral generation
mRNA
New viral
proteins are
produced.
6
New HIV leaving a cell
Virus
9
particles bud
off.
8
New capsids are
assembled
Reverse transcriptase is a
special DNA polymerase
1. Copies DNA from an
RNA template
2. Removes RNA
template
thymidine
azt
AZT
• Azidothymidine
– a modified thymidine
• The first anti-retroviral drug
• Stops DNA synthesis because it does not
have a 3’OH
• Originally developed as an anti cancer drug,
but too many side effects
Protease inhibitorsanother class of drugs for HIV
Protein in active site
Inhibitor in active site
HIV initially produces one long polypeptide.
Protease is necessary to cut the polypeptide
into individual enzymes
www.chemistry.wustl.edu/~edudev/LabTutorials/HIV/
Prions are infectious mis-folded proteins
Prion
Original
prion
Many prions
Normal
protein
New
prion
Starts a slow chain reaction,
causing regular proteins to
assume the new shape
Altered PRP proteins in nerve cells cause Mad Cow Disease