Model System for the Adsorption of Tobacco Mosaic Virus
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Materials which can adsorb tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) were isolated from tobacco leaves and studied for applicability, as a model system for TMV adsorption. Leaves were homogenized and fractionated by sucrose density gradient centrifugation. One fraction adsorbed TMV in the presence of polyornithine. Deduced from its sensitivity to trypsin and detergent as well as from its manner of isolation, the material responsible for adsorption of TMV seemed to he cytoplasmic membrane. Membrane derived from light particulate, as well as cytoplasmic membrane, seemed to be capable of adsorbing TMV. Shorter rods obtained by sodium dodecyl sulfate or sonic treatment of TMV could adsorb to membrane as efficiently as TMV. Viral protein subunit could not adsorb whereas helical rods made of viral protein aggregates could. A two-step nature of the adsorption of TMV was suggested: a salt-sensitive and a subsequent salt-resistant steps. In the first step, ionic bonding plays a main role in the combination between TMV and membrane. Adsorption of 14C-labeled TMV was inhibited by an excess amount of non-labeled TMV or cucumber green mottle mosaic virus but not by potato virus X or rice dwarfvirus, suggesting the specific nature of adsorption. In contrast to the observed specificity on the part of virus, a membrane fraction isolated from various plants, including non-hosts for TMV. could adsorb TMV. This may imply that adsorption and injection are not the determinant of host specificity in plant viral infection.
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