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VP Flashcards

1
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What are the different viral structures?

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→helical
→icosahedral
→complex virus
→enveloped virus

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What are the 4 structures of viral genome?

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→Single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) →Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) →Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)
→Double-stranded RNA (dsDNA)

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3
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In what sense, can viral genomes be encoded?

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→both 5’3’ and 3’5’

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4
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What is the Baltimore classification?

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→classification system that places viruses into one of seven groups depending on a combination of their nucleic acid (DNA or RNA), strandedness (single-stranded or double-stranded), Sense, and method of replication

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5
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What is group 1 of the BCS?

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→dsDNA

→+and -

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6
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What is group 2 of the BCS?

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→ssDNA viruses (+)sense DNA

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7
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What is group 3 of the BCS?

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→dsRNA viruses

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What is group 4 of the BCS?

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→(+)ssRNA viruses (+)sense RNA

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9
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What is group 5 of the BCS?

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→(−)ssRNA viruses (−)sense RNA

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What is group 6 of BCS?

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→ssRNA-RT viruses (+)sense RNA with DNA intermediate in life-cycle

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11
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What is group 7 of BCS?

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→dsDNA-RT viruses

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12
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What does the outer envelope of HIV consist of?

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→lipid bilayer with protruding Env spikes (heterotrimers of SU3TM3)

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13
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What lies in the envelope of HIV?

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→Gag proteins

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14
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What coats the RNA genome?

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→nucleocapsid

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15
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What does the core of the HIV virus contain?

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→two genomic RNA strands (plus strand),

→tRNALys3,
→~50 copies of each viral enzyme: protease, integrase and reverse transcriptase

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16
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What are the three polyproteins retroviruses synthesise?

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→Gag
→Pol
→Env

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17
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What are Gag polyproteins?

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→group specific antigen

→viral core proteins

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18
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What are Pol polyproteins?

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→viral enzymes

→RT, IN,PR

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19
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What are Env polyproteins?

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→envelope glycoprotein

20
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What are the HIV-1 regulatory accessory proteins?

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→Tat - potent activator of viral transcription
→Rev - mediates unspliced RNA nuclear export
→Vif - critical regulator of virus infectivity
→Nef - immune modulator, T-cell activation, virus spread (?)
→Vpu - immune modulator, virus release
→Vpr - cell cycle, virus nuclear impor

21
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What are the components of HIV RNA?

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→Trans-activation response element
→Rev responsive element  
→5 and 3 UTR
→Repeat
→Long Terminal repeat
22
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What does the Env polyprotein in HIV-1 consist of?

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→a trimer of gp41 and gp120 peptide subunits

→covered with glycans

23
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What are glycans?

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→post translational modification eg carbohydrates

24
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What does HIV-1 entry require?

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→CD4

→a chemokine receptor (CCR5/CXCR4)

25
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What is HIV-1 tropic for?

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→for CD4 expressing cells such as helper T cells and macrophages

26
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What does loss of CD4 result in?

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→immunodeficiency (AIDS).

27
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Why does HIV-1 replicate in the nucleus?

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→nucleic acid present

28
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How does HIV-1 gain entry into the nucleus after fusion?

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→uses microtubule network

29
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What allows the core to be deposited into the nucleus?

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→Viral core has capsid modifications

30
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What are the components of RT?

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→heterodimer of p66 and p51 subunits

31
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What are the roles of p66 and p51?

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→Catalytic properties are in p66 subunit,

→p51 serves structural role
→lacks RNAse H domain

32
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What are the three enzymatic activities of RT?

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→RNA-dependent DNA polymerase
→RNAse H (cleaves RNA from RNA/DNA hybrid)
→DNA-dependent DNA polymerase

33
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How does the viral genome integrate into host genome?

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→integrase enzymes
→recognise flanking sequences
→bends host DNA
→brings together host and viral DNA

34
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What is the function of LEDGF/P57 in viral integration?

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→binds HIV-1 integrase and facilitates targeting to chromatin

35
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How doe ensure we get preferential transcription?

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→Viral Tat protein- binds specifically to viral RNA and enhance RNA pol II

36
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What produces different mRNAs for viral proteins?

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→HIV-1provirus

37
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What protein mediates nuclear export of unspliced RNA?

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→ HIV-1 Rev
→binds to RRE region
Promotes viral export over cellular RNA export
→has specificity

38
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What does HIV-1 Rev protein interact with?

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→Crm1 and the RRE RNA

39
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What is the purpose of unspliced HIV-1 mRNA?

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→for Gag and Gag-Pol proteins

40
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Why does unspliced viral RNA dimerise?

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→allows packing of two genomes

→kissing loop complex

41
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What is Gag-pol protein generated by?

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→1 ribosomal frameshifting induced by a ‘slippery’ sequence

→an RNA hairpin structure

42
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What allows viral genome to be associated with the plasma membrane?

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→Myristoylation of Glycines in the MA domain of Gag

43
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What is required for virus budding?

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→HIV-1 PT(S)AP motif

44
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What is abscission?

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→organisation of all the proteins that pushes viral protein into cytoplasm

45
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What allows abscission of viral release?

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→The ESCRT machinery is hijacked by HIV

46
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What are the components of the ESCRT machinery?

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→Gag
→Tsg101
→Alix
→ESCRT-II CHMP4A

47
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What causes the release of proteins from Gag and Gag-Pol polyproteins?

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→Protease

→viral proteins are cut up into individual proteins allowing them to reorganise

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