The Journal of Immunology, Vol 154, Issue 1 260-267, Copyright © 1995 by American Association of Immunologists

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Characterization of regions of herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein E involved in binding the Fc domain of monomeric IgG and in forming a complex with glycoprotein I

S Basu, G Dubin, M Basu, V Nguyen and HM Friedman
Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.

Glycoprotein E (gE) and glycoprotein I (gI) of herpes simplex virus type 1 form a molecular complex that binds the Fc domain of monomeric IgG. Two approaches were used to define regions of gE-1 involved in monomeric IgG binding and complex formation with gI-1. First, we constructed 22 in-frame gE-1 linker-insertion mutants and, in cotransfection experiments with gI-1, assayed each mutant for IgG monomer binding and the ability to complex with gI-1. Nine mutants with insertions between gE-1 amino acids 235 and 380 failed to bind IgG monomers, whereas mutants outside this region retained binding activity. Each mutant reacted with several gE-1 mAbs, was detected at the cell surface, and was fully processed. Only two gE-1 mutants with insertions at residues 235 and 264 lost the ability to co- immunoprecipitate with gI-1, which defines a region of gE-1 that complexes with gI-1. As an additional approach, we assayed 8 gE-1/gD-1 fusion proteins containing large overlapping gE-1 peptides inserted within the ectodomain of gD-1 for binding of IgG monomers and complex formation with gI-1. Three fusion proteins containing gE-1 peptides that overlap at residues 183-402 bound monomeric IgG. This region of gE- 1 includes the Fc binding region defined by linker insertion mutagenesis. Five fusion proteins containing gE-1 peptides that overlap at residues 183-288 were co-immunoprecipitated with gI-1, confirming results of gE-1 linker insertion mutagenesis. These studies define two regions on gE-1 involved in Fc binding activity, one that interacts with gI-1, and another that binds IgG.

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