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The arenaviral glycoprotein stable signal peptide (SSP) is unique among signal peptides in that it is an integral component of the mature glycoprotein complex (GPC) and plays important roles not only in GPC expression and processing but also in the membrane fusion process during viral entry. Using the Pichinde virus (PICV) reverse genetics system, we analyzed the effects of alanine substitutions at many conserved residues within the SSP on viral replication in cell culture and in a guinea pig infection model. Our data showed that the K33A, F49A, and C57A mutations abolished GPC-mediated cell entry and therefore could not allow for the generation of viable recombinant viruses, demonstrating that these residues are essential for the PICV life cycle. The G2A mutation caused a marked reduction of cell entry at the membrane fusion step, and while this mutant virus was viable, it was significantly attenuated\n            <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>\n            and\n            <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>\n            . The N20A mutation also reduced membrane fusion activity and viral virulence in guinea pigs, but it did not significantly affect cell entry or viral growth in cell culture. Two other mutations (N37A and R55A) did not affect membrane fusion or viral growth\n            <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>\n            but significantly reduced viral virulence\n            <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>\n            . Taken together, our data suggest that the GPC SSP plays an essential role in mediating viral entry and also contributes to viral virulence\n            <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>\n            .\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:bold>IMPORTANCE<\/jats:bold>\n            Several arenaviruses, such as Lassa fever virus, can cause severe and lethal hemorrhagic fever diseases with high mortality and morbidity, and no FDA-approved vaccines or therapies are currently available. Viral entry into cells is mediated by arenavirus GPC that consists of an SSP, the receptor-binding GP1, and transmembrane GP2 protein subunits. Using a reverse genetics system of a prototypic arenavirus, Pichinde virus (PICV), we have shown for the first time in the context of virus infections of cell culture and of guinea pigs that the SSP plays an essential role in mediating the membrane fusion step as well as in other yet-to-be-determined processes during viral infection. 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