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Adhikari B, Gayral M, Herath V, Bedsole CO, Kumar S, Ball H, Atallah O, Shaw B, Pajerowska-Mukhtar KM, Verchot J. bZIP60 and Bax inhibitor 1 contribute IRE1-dependent and independent roles to potexvirus infection. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024. [PMID: 38853429 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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IRE1, BI-1, and bZIP60 monitor compatible plant-potexvirus interactions though recognition of the viral TGB3 protein. This study was undertaken to elucidate the roles of three IRE1 isoforms, the bZIP60U and bZIP60S, and BI-1 roles in genetic reprogramming of cells during potexvirus infection. Experiments were performed using Arabidopsis thaliana knockout lines and Plantago asiatica mosaic virus infectious clone tagged with the green fluorescent protein gene (PlAMV-GFP). There were more PlAMV-GFP infection foci in ire1a/b, ire1c, bzip60, and bi-1 knockout than wild-type (WT) plants. Cell-to-cell movement and systemic RNA levels were greater bzip60 and bi-1 than in WT plants. Overall, these data indicate an increased susceptibility to virus infection. Transgenic overexpression of AtIRE1b or StbZIP60 in ire1a/b or bzip60 mutant background reduced virus infection foci, while StbZIP60 expression influences virus movement. Transgenic overexpression of StbZIP60 also confers endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress resistance following tunicamycin treatment. We also show bZIP60U and TGB3 interact at the ER. This is the first demonstration of a potato bZIP transcription factor complementing genetic defects in Arabidopsis. Evidence indicates that the three IRE1 isoforms regulate the initial stages of virus replication and gene expression, while bZIP60 and BI-1 contribute separately to virus cell-to-cell and systemic movement.
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- Binita Adhikari
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, 496 Olsen Blvd, College Station, TX, 77845, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, 496 Olsen Blvd, College Station, TX, 77845, USA
- Agroécologie, INRAE, Institut Agro Dijon, Université de Bourgogne, 26, bd Docteur Petitjean-BP 87999, Dijon, Cedex, 21079, France
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, 496 Olsen Blvd, College Station, TX, 77845, USA
- Department of Agricultural Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, 496 Olsen Blvd, College Station, TX, 77845, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751003, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, 496 Olsen Blvd, College Station, TX, 77845, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, 496 Olsen Blvd, College Station, TX, 77845, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, 496 Olsen Blvd, College Station, TX, 77845, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, 496 Olsen Blvd, College Station, TX, 77845, USA
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Yan ZY, Fang L, Xu XJ, Cheng DJ, Yu CM, Wang DY, Tian YP, Yuan XF, Geng C, Li XD. A Predicted Stem Loop in Coat Protein-Coding Sequence of Tobacco Vein Banding Mosaic Virus Is Required for Efficient Replication. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2022; 112:441-451. [PMID: 34191551 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-10-20-0463-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Potyviral coat protein (CP) is involved in the replication and movement of potyviruses. However, little information is available on the roles of CP-coding sequence in potyviral infection. Here, we introduced synonymous substitutions to the codon C574G575C576 coding conserved residue arginine at position 192 (R192) of tobacco vein banding mosaic virus (TVBMV) CP. Substitution of the codon C574G575C576 to A574G575A576 or A574G575G576, but not C574G575A576, C574G575T576, or C574G575G576, reduced the replication, cell-to-cell movement, and accumulation of TVBMV in Nicotiana benthamiana plants, suggesting that C574 was critical for replication of TVBMV. Nucleotides 531 to 576 of the TVBMV CP-coding sequence were predicted to form a stem-loop structure, in which four consecutive C-G base pairs (C576-G531, C532-G575, C574-G533, and C534-G573) were located at the stem. Synonymous substitutions of R178-codon C532G533C534 to A532G533A534 and A532G533G534, but not C532G533A534, C532G533T534, or C532G533G534, reduced the replication levels, cell-to-cell, and systemic movement of TVBMV, suggesting that C532 was critical for TVBMV replication. Synonymous substitutions disrupting base pairs C576-G531 and C534-G573 did not affect viral accumulation. After three serial-passage inoculations, the accumulation of spontaneous mutant viruses was restored, and codons A532G533A534, A532G533G534, A574G575A576, or A574G575G576 of mutants were each separately changed to C532G533A534, C532G533G534, C574G575A576, or C574G575G576. Synonymous mutation of R178 and R192 also reduced viral accumulation in N. tabacum plants. Therefore, we concluded that the two consecutive C532-G575 and C574-G533 base pairs played critical roles in TVBMV replication via maintaining the stability of the stem-loop structures formed by nucleotides 531 to 576 of the CP-coding sequence.
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- Zhi-Yong Yan
- Laboratory of Plant Virology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Plant Virology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Plant Virology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Plant Virology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Plant Virology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Plant Virology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Plant Virology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Plant Virology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, P. R. China
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Röder J, Dickmeis C, Commandeur U. Small, Smaller, Nano: New Applications for Potato Virus X in Nanotechnology. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:158. [PMID: 30838013 PMCID: PMC6390637 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Nanotechnology is an expanding interdisciplinary field concerning the development and application of nanostructured materials derived from inorganic compounds or organic polymers and peptides. Among these latter materials, proteinaceous plant virus nanoparticles have emerged as a key platform for the introduction of tailored functionalities by genetic engineering and conjugation chemistry. Tobacco mosaic virus and Cowpea mosaic virus have already been developed for bioimaging, vaccination and electronics applications, but the flexible and filamentous Potato virus X (PVX) has received comparatively little attention. The filamentous structure of PVX particles allows them to carry large payloads, which are advantageous for applications such as biomedical imaging in which multi-functional scaffolds with a high aspect ratio are required. In this context, PVX achieves superior tumor homing and retention properties compared to spherical nanoparticles. Because PVX is a protein-based nanoparticle, its unique functional properties are combined with enhanced biocompatibility, making it much more suitable for biomedical applications than synthetic nanomaterials. Moreover, PVX nanoparticles have very low toxicity in vivo, and superior pharmacokinetic profiles. This review focuses on the production of PVX nanoparticles engineered using chemical and/or biological techniques, and describes current and future opportunities and challenges for the application of PVX nanoparticles in medicine, diagnostics, materials science, and biocatalysis.
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- Institute for Molecular Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Choi H, Cho WK, Kim KH. Two homologous host proteins interact with potato virus X RNAs and CPs and affect viral replication and movement. Sci Rep 2016; 6:28743. [PMID: 27353522 PMCID: PMC4926161 DOI: 10.1038/srep28743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Because viruses encode only a small number of proteins, all steps of virus infection rely on specific interactions between viruses and hosts. We previously screened several Nicotiana benthamiana (Nb) proteins that interact with the stem-loop 1 (SL1) RNA structure located at the 5' end of the potato virus X (PVX) genome. In this study, we characterized two of these proteins (NbCPIP2a and NbCPIP2b), which are homologous and are induced upon PVX infection. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay confirmed that both proteins bind to either SL1(+) or SL1(-) RNAs of PVX. The two proteins also interact with the PVX capsid protein (CP) in planta. Overexpression of NbCPIP2a positively regulated systemic movement of PVX in N. benthamiana, whereas NbCPIP2b overexpression did not affect systemic movement of PVX. Transient overexpression and silencing experiments demonstrated that NbCPIP2a and NbCPIP2b are positive regulators of PVX replication and that the effect on replication was greater for NbCPIP2a than for NbCPIP2b. Although these two host proteins are associated with plasma membranes, PVX infection did not affect their subcellular localization. Taken together, these results indicate that NbCPIP2a and NbCPIP2b specifically bind to PVX SL1 RNAs as well as to CP and enhance PVX replication and movement.
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- Hoseong Choi
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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Petrova EK, Nikitin NA, Trifonova EA, Protopopova AD, Karpova OV, Atabekov JG. The 5'-proximal region of Potato virus X RNA involves the potential cap-dependent "conformational element" for encapsidation. Biochimie 2015; 115:116-9. [PMID: 26006294 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2015] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Filamentous helical Potato virus X (PVX) can be regarded as one of the well-studied viruses. Nevertheless, some aspects of the PVX assembly remained obscure. Previously, we have shown that the presence of a cap structure at the 5' end of PVX RNA is indispensable for assembly of viral ribonucleoprotein (vRNP) particles varying in length. Here, most significantly, removal of the cap structure from previously capped PVX RNA did not affect the efficiency of decapped RNA molecules to be assembled into vRNP. This result provided evidence that the cap structure by itself does not act as a signal for initiation of vRNP assembly. These observations allowed to presume that the capping triggers some spatial changes in the 5'-proximal site of PVX RNA creating a "conformational encapsidation signal for vRNP assembly", which is capable of triggering vRNP assembly in the absence of cap structure. Apparently, during capping the 5'-proximal segment of PVX RNA acquires a unique conformation which is stable to be retained even after cap removal.
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- E K Petrova
- Biology Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia.
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- Biology Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Biology Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Scientific Research Institute of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Moscow 119435, Russia
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- Biology Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Biology Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia; A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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Newburn LR, White KA. Cis-acting RNA elements in positive-strand RNA plant virus genomes. Virology 2015; 479-480:434-43. [PMID: 25759098 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Revised: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Positive-strand RNA viruses are the most common type of plant virus. Many aspects of the reproductive cycle of this group of viruses have been studied over the years and this has led to the accumulation of a significant amount of insightful information. In particular, the identification and characterization of cis-acting RNA elements within these viral genomes have revealed important roles in many fundamental viral processes such as virus disassembly, translation, genome replication, subgenomic mRNA transcription, and packaging. These functional cis-acting RNA elements include primary sequences, secondary and tertiary structures, as well as long-range RNA-RNA interactions, and they typically function by interacting with viral or host proteins. This review provides a general overview and update on some of the many roles played by cis-acting RNA elements in positive-strand RNA plant viruses.
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- Laura R Newburn
- Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
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- Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3.
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Conserved motifs in a tombusvirus polymerase modulate genome replication, subgenomic transcription, and amplification of defective interfering RNAs. J Virol 2015; 89:3236-46. [PMID: 25568204 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03378-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED The replication of plus-strand RNA virus genomes is mediated by virally encoded RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRps). We have investigated the role of the C-proximal region in the RdRp of tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) in mediating viral RNA synthesis. TBSV is the prototype species in the genus Tombusvirus, family Tombusviridae, and its RdRp is responsible for replicating the viral genome, transcribing two subgenomic mRNAs, and supporting replication of defective interfering RNAs. Comparative sequence analysis of the RdRps of tombusvirids identified three highly conserved motifs in their C-proximal regions, and these sequences were subsequently targeted for mutational analysis in TBSV. The results revealed that these motifs are important for (i) synthesizing viral genomic RNA and subgenomic mRNAs, (ii) facilitating plus- and/or minus-strand synthesis, and (iii) modulating trans-replication of a defective interfering RNA. These motifs were also found to be conserved in other plant viruses as well as in a fungal and insect virus. The collective findings are discussed in relation to viral RNA synthesis and taxonomy. IMPORTANCE Little is currently known about the structure and function of the viral polymerases that replicate the genomes of RNA plant viruses. Tombusviruses, the prototype of the tombusvirids, have been used as model plus-strand RNA plant viruses for understanding many of the steps in the infectious process; however, their polymerases remain poorly characterized. To help address this issue, the function of the C-terminal region of the polymerase of a tombusvirus was investigated. Three conserved motifs were identified and targeted for mutational analysis. The results revealed that these polymerase motifs are important for determining what type of viral RNA is produced, facilitating different steps in viral RNA production, and amplifying subgenomic RNA replicons. Accordingly, the C-terminal region of the tombusvirus polymerase is needed for a variety of fundamental activities. Furthermore, as these motifs are also present in distantly related viruses, the significance of these results extends beyond tombusvirids.
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Park MR, Seo JK, Kim KH. Viral and nonviral elements in potexvirus replication and movement and in antiviral responses. Adv Virus Res 2013; 87:75-112. [PMID: 23809921 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-407698-3.00003-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In Potato virus X, a member of the genus Potexvirus, special sequences and structures at the 5' and 3' ends of the nontranslated region function as cis-acting elements for viral replication. These elements greatly affect interactions between viral RNAs and those between viral RNAs and host factors. The potexvirus genome encodes five open-reading frames. Viral replicase, which is required for the synthesis of viral RNA, binds viral RNA elements and host factors to form a viral replication complex at the host cellular membrane. The coat protein (CP) and three viral movement proteins (TGB1, TGB2, and TGB3) have critical roles in mediating cell-to-cell viral movement through plasmodesmata by virion formation or by nonvirion ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex formation with viral movement proteins (TGBs). The RNP complex, like TGB1-CP-viral RNA, is associated with viral replicase and used for immediate reinitiation of viral replication in newly invaded cells. Higher plants have defense mechanisms against potexviruses such as Rx-mediated resistance and RNA silencing. The CP acts as an avirulence effector for plant defense mechanisms, while TGB1 functions as a viral suppressor of RNA silencing, which is the mechanism of innate immune resistance. Here, we describe recent findings concerning the involvement of viral and host factors in potexvirus replication and in antiviral responses to potexvirus infection.
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- Mi-Ri Park
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Gene from a novel plant virus satellite from grapevine identifies a viral satellite lineage. Virus Genes 2013; 47:114-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s11262-013-0921-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2013] [Accepted: 05/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cho SY, Cho WK, Choi HS, Kim KH. Cis-acting element (SL1) of Potato virus X controls viral movement by interacting with the NbMPB2Cb and viral proteins. Virology 2012; 427:166-76. [PMID: 22405626 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2012.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2011] [Revised: 01/09/2012] [Accepted: 02/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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A number of candidate tobacco proteins that bind to cis-acting elements (SL1 RNAs) of Potato virus X (PVX) have been identified in previous studies. We further characterized TMV-MP30 binding protein 2C (MPB2C) homologous protein. We isolated NbMPB2Cb from Nicotiana benthamiana and confirmed the interaction of NbMPB2Cb with SL1 RNAs in vitro. The mRNA level of NbMPB2Cb was increased upon infection by PVX and Tobacco mosaic virus. The movement of PVX was reduced by overexpression of NbMPB2Cb and increased by silenced of NbMPB2Cb. In contrast, PVX RNA accumulation was not significantly altered in protoplasts. Protein-protein interaction assays showed that NbMPB2Cb interacts with PVX movement-associated proteins. PVX infection altered the subcellular localization of NbMPB2Cb from microtubules to endoplasmic reticulum. These data suggest that the NbMPB2Cb negatively affects PVX movement by interacting with SL1 RNAs and movement-associated proteins of PVX and by re-localizing in response to PVX infection.
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- Sang-Yun Cho
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea
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Cho SY, Cho WK, Kim KH. Identification of tobacco proteins associated with the stem-loop 1 RNAs of Potato virus X. Mol Cells 2012; 33:379-84. [PMID: 22450689 PMCID: PMC3887799 DOI: 10.1007/s10059-012-2298-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2011] [Revised: 01/28/2012] [Accepted: 02/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Potato virus X (PVX) contains five viral proteins as well as cis-acting elements like stem-loop 1 (SL1) RNAs at the 5' region. SL1 RNAs are involved in PVX RNA replication, encapsidation, translation, and cell-to-cell movement. In this study, we performed two-dimensional electrophoresis Northwestern blot analysis and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry and identified 24 tobacco proteins that interact with SL1 RNAs. Interestingly, one-third of the identified host proteins have been shown to interact with many plant viral proteins. In addition, we demonstrated that PVX capsid protein can bind to both SL1(+/-) RNAs. We further selected three Nicotiana benthamiana proteins including NbMPB2Cb, NbMBF1, and NbCPIP2a, to confirm results of Northwestern blot analysis. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay showed that NbMPB2Cb and NbMBF1 bind to both SL1(+/-) RNAs in vitro. In contrast, NbCPIP2a interacts only SL1(+) RNA. Taken together, we provide a list of host proteins interacting with PVX SL1 RNAs, which would be good candidates for the study of viral RNA-host protein interaction.
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- Sang-Yun Cho
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921,
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921,
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921,
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- Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921,
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Cho SY, Cho WK, Sohn SH, Kim KH. Interaction of the host protein NbDnaJ with Potato virus X minus-strand stem-loop 1 RNA and capsid protein affects viral replication and movement. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2012; 417:451-6. [PMID: 22166218 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.11.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2011] [Accepted: 11/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Plant viruses must interact with host cellular components to replicate and move from cell to cell. In the case of Potato virus X (PVX), it carries stem-loop 1 (SL1) RNA essential for viral replication and movement. Using two-dimensional electrophoresis northwestern blot analysis, we previously identified several host proteins that bind to SL1 RNA. Of those, we further characterized a DnaJ-like protein from Nicotiana benthamiana named NbDnaJ. An electrophoretic mobility shift assay confirmed that NbDnaJ binds only to SL1 minus-strand RNA, and bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) indicated that NbDnaJ interacts with PVX capsid protein (CP). Using a series of deletion mutants, the C-terminal region of NbDnaJ was found to be essential for the interaction with PVX CP. The expression of NbDnaJ significantly changed upon infection with different plant viruses such as PVX, Tobacco mosaic virus, and Cucumber mosaic virus, but varied depending on the viral species. In transient experiments, both PVX replication and movement were inhibited in plants that over-expressed NbDnaJ but accelerated in plants in which NbDnaJ was silenced. In summary, we suggest that the newly identified NbDnaJ plays a role in PVX replication and movement by interacting with SL1(-) RNA and PVX CP.
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- Sang-Yun Cho
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Scholthof KBG, Adkins S, Czosnek H, Palukaitis P, Jacquot E, Hohn T, Hohn B, Saunders K, Candresse T, Ahlquist P, Hemenway C, Foster GD. Top 10 plant viruses in molecular plant pathology. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2011; 12:938-54. [PMID: 22017770 PMCID: PMC6640423 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00752.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 564] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Many scientists, if not all, feel that their particular plant virus should appear in any list of the most important plant viruses. However, to our knowledge, no such list exists. The aim of this review was to survey all plant virologists with an association with Molecular Plant Pathology and ask them to nominate which plant viruses they would place in a 'Top 10' based on scientific/economic importance. The survey generated more than 250 votes from the international community, and allowed the generation of a Top 10 plant virus list for Molecular Plant Pathology. The Top 10 list includes, in rank order, (1) Tobacco mosaic virus, (2) Tomato spotted wilt virus, (3) Tomato yellow leaf curl virus, (4) Cucumber mosaic virus, (5) Potato virus Y, (6) Cauliflower mosaic virus, (7) African cassava mosaic virus, (8) Plum pox virus, (9) Brome mosaic virus and (10) Potato virus X, with honourable mentions for viruses just missing out on the Top 10, including Citrus tristeza virus, Barley yellow dwarf virus, Potato leafroll virus and Tomato bushy stunt virus. This review article presents a short review on each virus of the Top 10 list and its importance, with the intent of initiating discussion and debate amongst the plant virology community, as well as laying down a benchmark, as it will be interesting to see in future years how perceptions change and which viruses enter and leave the Top 10.
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- Karen-Beth G Scholthof
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, 2132 TAMU, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2132, USA
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Menzel W, Winter S. Sequencing of the Tamus red mosaic virus genome: further evidence that it is a distinct species of the genus Potexvirus. Virus Genes 2011; 44:120-3. [PMID: 21881939 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-011-0664-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2011] [Accepted: 08/22/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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In 1993, a virus causing red mosaic and leaf distortion has been isolated from black bryony (Tamus communis) in Italy. Based on particle properties and serology, the virus was assigned to the genus Potexvirus and named Tamus red mosaic virus (TRMV), pending a genome sequence. The original Italian TRMV isolate was submitted to the DSMZ plant virus collection (PV-0397). To confirm the taxonomic status of the virus, the entire genome sequence was determined comprising 6,495 nucleotides excluding the poly(A)-tail. Five putative open reading frames (ORFs) in an arrangement typical for potexviruses were predicted. TRMV is closely related to but distinct from Clover yellow mosaic virus and Allium virus X. In addition to previous morphological and serological characterization, the results presented in this study further reinforce the classification of TRMV as a distinct virus species of the genus Potexvirus.
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- W Menzel
- Plant Virus Department, DSMZ, Inhoffenstrasse 7B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
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Takeda R, Petrov AI, Leontis NB, Ding B. A three-dimensional RNA motif in Potato spindle tuber viroid mediates trafficking from palisade mesophyll to spongy mesophyll in Nicotiana benthamiana. THE PLANT CELL 2011; 23:258-72. [PMID: 21258006 PMCID: PMC3051236 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.081414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2010] [Revised: 12/13/2010] [Accepted: 12/25/2010] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Cell-to-cell trafficking of RNA is an emerging biological principle that integrates systemic gene regulation, viral infection, antiviral response, and cell-to-cell communication. A key mechanistic question is how an RNA is specifically selected for trafficking from one type of cell into another type. Here, we report the identification of an RNA motif in Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) required for trafficking from palisade mesophyll to spongy mesophyll in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. This motif, called loop 6, has the sequence 5'-CGA-3'...5'-GAC-3' flanked on both sides by cis Watson-Crick G/C and G/U wobble base pairs. We present a three-dimensional (3D) structural model of loop 6 that specifies all non-Watson-Crick base pair interactions, derived by isostericity-based sequence comparisons with 3D RNA motifs from the RNA x-ray crystal structure database. The model is supported by available chemical modification patterns, natural sequence conservation/variations in PSTVd isolates and related species, and functional characterization of all possible mutants for each of the loop 6 base pairs. Our findings and approaches have broad implications for studying the 3D RNA structural motifs mediating trafficking of diverse RNA species across specific cellular boundaries and for studying the structure-function relationships of RNA motifs in other biological processes.
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- Ryuta Takeda
- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
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- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
- Department of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology and Plant Biotechnology Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
- The Center for RNA Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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Wang Y, Ding B. Viroids: small probes for exploring the vast universe of RNA trafficking in plants. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2010; 52:28-39. [PMID: 20074138 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2010.00900.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Cell-to-cell and long-distance trafficking of RNA is a rapidly evolving frontier of integrative plant biology that broadly impacts studies on plant growth and development, spread of infectious agents and plant defense responses. The fundamental questions being pursued at the forefronts revolve around function, mechanism and evolution. In the present review, we will first use specific examples to illustrate the biological importance of cell-to-cell and long-distance trafficking of RNA. We then focus our discussion on research findings obtained using viroids that have advanced our understanding of the underlying mechanisms involved in RNA trafficking. We further use viroid examples to illustrate the great diversity of trafficking machinery evolved by plants, as well as the promise for new insights in the years ahead. Finally, we discuss the prospect of integrating findings from different experimental systems to achieve a systems-based understanding of RNA trafficking function, mechanism and evolution.
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- Ying Wang
- Department of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology and Plant Biotechnology Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Chen SC, Desprez A, Olsthoorn RCL. Structural homology between bamboo mosaic virus and its satellite RNAs in the 5'untranslated region. J Gen Virol 2009; 91:782-7. [PMID: 19906937 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.015941-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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A structural element was identified in the 5'-proximal sequence of the bamboo mosaic virus (BaMV) RNA. Mutational analysis of the hairpin showed that disruptions of the secondary structure or substitutions of the loop sequences resulted in reduced accumulation of BaMV genomic RNA. Phylogenetic analysis further suggested the presence of structural homologues of this hairpin in all other potexviruses. In addition, remarkable structural homology was discovered between the BaMV hairpin and a stem-loop in the 5'untranslated region of satellite RNAs responsible for attenuation of BaMV in co-infected plants. The role of this homology in the helper-satellite interaction is discussed.
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- Shih-Cheng Chen
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Department of Molecular Genetics, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Draghici HK, Varrelmann M. Evidence that the linker between the methyltransferase and helicase domains of potato virus X replicase is involved in homologous RNA recombination. J Virol 2009; 83:7761-9. [PMID: 19439477 PMCID: PMC2708637 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00179-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2008] [Accepted: 05/07/2009] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Recombination in RNA viruses, one of the main factors contributing to their genetic variability and evolution, is a widespread phenomenon. In this study, an in vivo assay to characterize RNA recombination in potato virus X (PVX), under high selection pressure, was established. Agrobacterium tumefaciens was used to express in Nicotiana benthamiana leaf tissue both a PVX isolate labeled with green fluorescent protein (GFP) containing a coat protein deletion mutation (DeltaCP) and a transcript encoding a functional coat protein +3'-ntr. Coexpression of the constructs led to virus movement and systemic infection; reconstituted recombinants were observed in 92% of inoculated plants. Similar results were obtained using particle bombardment, demonstrating that recombination mediated by A. tumefaciens was not responsible for the occurrence of PXC recombinants. The speed of recombination could be estimated by agroinfection of two PVX mutants lacking the 3' and 5' halves of the genome, respectively, with an overlap in the triple gene block 1 gene, allowing GFP expression only in the case of recombination. Ten different pentapeptide insertion scanning replicase mutants with replication abilities comparable to wild-type virus were applied in the different recombination assays. Two neighboring mutants affecting the linker between the methyltransferase and helicase domains were shown to be strongly debilitated in their ability to recombine. The possible functional separation of replication and recombination in the replicase molecule supports the model that RNA recombination represents a distinct function of this protein, although the underlying mechanism still needs to be investigated.
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- Heidrun-Katharina Draghici
- Department of Crop Sciences, Section Plant Virology, University of Göttingen, Grisebachstrasse 6, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Park MR, Park SH, Cho SY, Kim KH. Nicotiana benthamiana protein, NbPCIP1, interacting with Potato virus X coat protein plays a role as susceptible factor for viral infection. Virology 2009; 386:257-69. [PMID: 19215953 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.12.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2008] [Revised: 11/01/2008] [Accepted: 12/31/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The interactions of viral coat protein (CP) and host factors play an important role in viral replication and/or host defense mechanism. In this study, we constructed Nicotiana benthamiana cDNA library to find host factors interacting with Potato virus X (PVX) CP. Using yeast two-hybrid assay, we screened 3.3 x 10(6) independent yeast transformants from N. benthamiana cDNA library and identified six positive clones. One positive clone, named PVX CP-interacting protein 1 (NbPCIP1), is a plant-specific protein with homologue in N. tabacum (GenBank accession no. AB04049). We confirmed the PVX CP-NbPCIP1 interaction using yeast-two hybrid assay in yeast, protein-protein binding assay in vitro, and bimolecular fluorescent complementation assay in planta. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR analysis showed that the mRNA level of NbPCIP1 increased in PVX-infected N. benthamiana plants as compared to that of healthy plants. The green fluorescent protein (sGFP)-fused NbPCIP1 (NbPCIP1-sGFP) was localized in ER or ER-associated granular-like structure of cells. When we co-express NbPCIP1-sGFP and red fluorescent protein (RFP)-fused PVX CP (PVX CP-RFP), which were introduced by transiently expressing these proteins in N. benthamiana protoplasts and epidermal cells, however, we observed the co-localization of these proteins in the inclusion body-like complex in areas surrounding nucleus. Transient over-expression and transgene silencing of NbPCIP1 assay analysis indicated that NbPCIP1 plays a critical role in viral replication during PVX infection in host plant.
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- Mi-Ri Park
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea
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Ding B, Wang Y. Viroids: Uniquely Simple and Tractable Models to Elucidate Regulation of Cell-to-Cell Trafficking of RNA. DNA Cell Biol 2009; 28:51-6. [DOI: 10.1089/dna.2008.0811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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- Biao Ding
- Department of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology and Plant Biotechnology Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology and Plant Biotechnology Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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A novel mycovirus that is related to the human pathogen hepatitis E virus and rubi-like viruses. J Virol 2008; 83:1981-91. [PMID: 19073734 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01897-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Previously, we reported that three double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) segments, designated L-, M-, and S-dsRNAs, were detected in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum strain Ep-1PN. Of these, the M-dsRNA segment was derived from the genomic RNA of a potexvirus-like positive-strand RNA virus, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum debilitation-associated RNA virus. Here, we present the complete nucleotide sequence of the L-dsRNA, which is 6,043 nucleotides in length, excluding the poly(A) tail. Sequence analysis revealed the presence of a single open reading frame (nucleotide positions 42 to 5936) that encodes a protein with significant similarity to the replicases of the "alphavirus-like" supergroup of positive-strand RNA viruses. A sequence comparison of the L-dsRNA-encoded putative replicase protein containing conserved methyltransferase, helicase, and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase motifs showed that it has significant sequence similarity to the replicase of Hepatitis E virus, a virus infecting humans. Furthermore, we present convincing evidence that the virus-like L-dsRNA could replicate independently with only a slight impact on growth and virulence of its host. Our results suggest that the L-dsRNA from strain Ep-1PN is derived from the genomic RNA of a positive-strand RNA virus, which we named Sclerotinia sclerotiorum RNA virus L (SsRV-L). As far as we know, this is the first report of a positive-strand RNA mycovirus that is related to a human virus. Phylogenetic and sequence analyses of the conserved motifs of the RNA replicase of SsRV-L showed that it clustered with the rubi-like viruses and that it is related to the plant clostero-, beny- and tobamoviruses and to the insect omegatetraviruses. Considering the fact that these related alphavirus-like positive-strand RNA viruses infect a wide variety of organisms, these findings suggest that the ancestral positive-strand RNA viruses might be of ancient origin and/or they might have radiated horizontally among vertebrates, insects, plants, and fungi.
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Park MR, Kwon SJ, Choi HS, Hemenway CL, Kim KH. Mutations that alter a repeated ACCA element located at the 5' end of the Potato virus X genome affect RNA accumulation. Virology 2008; 378:133-41. [PMID: 18589472 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2008] [Revised: 04/08/2008] [Accepted: 05/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The repeated ACCA or AC-rich sequence and structural (SL1) elements in the 5' non-translated region (NTR) of the Potato virus X (PVX) RNA play vital roles in the PVX life cycle by controlling translation, RNA replication, movement, and assembly. It has already been shown that the repeated ACCA or AC-rich sequence affect both gRNA and sgRNA accumulation, while not affecting minus-strand RNA accumulation, and are also required for host protein binding. The functional significance of the repeated ACCA sequence elements in the 5' NTR region was investigated by analyzing the effects of deletion and site-directed mutations on PVX replication in Nicotiana benthamiana plants and NT1 protoplasts. Substitution (ACCA into AAAA or UUUU) mutations introduced in the first (nt 10-13) element in the 5' NTR of the PVX RNA significantly affected viral replication, while mutations introduced in the second (nt 17-20) and third (nt 20-23) elements did not. The fourth (nt 29-32) ACCA element weakly affected virus replication, whereas mutations in the fifth (nt 38-41) significantly reduced virus replication due to the structure disruption of SL1 by AAAA and/or UUUU substitutions. Further characterization of the first ACCA element indicated that duplication of ACCA at nt 10-13 (nt 10-17, ACCAACCA) caused severe symptom development as compared to that of wild type, while deletion of the single element (nt 10-13), DeltaACCA) or tripling of this element caused reduced symptom development. Single- and double-nucleotide substitutions introduced into the first ACCA element revealed the importance of CC located at nt positions 11 and 12. Altogether, these results indicate that the first ACCA element is important for PVX replication.
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- Mi-Ri Park
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Breeding Research, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea
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Zhong X, Archual AJ, Amin AA, Ding B. A genomic map of viroid RNA motifs critical for replication and systemic trafficking. THE PLANT CELL 2008; 20:35-47. [PMID: 18178767 PMCID: PMC2254921 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.056606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2007] [Revised: 12/12/2007] [Accepted: 12/13/2007] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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RNA replication and systemic trafficking play significant roles in developmental regulation and host-pathogen interactions. Viroids are the simplest noncoding eukaryotic RNA pathogens and genetic units that are capable of autonomous replication and systemic trafficking and offer excellent models to investigate the role of RNA structures in these processes. Like other RNAs, the predicted secondary structure of a viroid RNA contains many loops and bulges flanked by double-stranded helices, the biological functions of which are mostly unknown. Using Potato spindle tuber viroid infection of Nicotiana benthamiana as the experimental system, we tested the hypothesis that these loops/bulges are functional motifs that regulate replication in single cells or trafficking in a plant. Through a genome-wide mutational analysis, we identified multiple loops/bulges essential or important for each of these biological processes. Our results led to a genomic map of viroid RNA motifs that mediate single-cell replication and systemic trafficking, respectively. This map provides a framework to enable high-throughput studies on the tertiary structures and functional mechanisms of RNA motifs that regulate viroid replication and trafficking. Our model and approach should also be valuable for comprehensive investigations of the replication and trafficking motifs in other RNAs.
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- Xuehua Zhong
- Department of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, Plant Biotechnology Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Verchot-Lubicz J, Ye CM, Bamunusinghe D. Molecular biology of potexviruses: recent advances. J Gen Virol 2007; 88:1643-1655. [PMID: 17485523 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82667-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Recent advances in potexvirus research have produced new models describing virus replication, cell-to-cell movement, encapsidation, R gene-mediated resistance and gene silencing. Interactions between distant RNA elements are a central theme in potexvirus replication. The 5′ non-translated region (NTR) regulates genomic and subgenomic RNA synthesis and encapsidation, as well as virus plasmodesmal transport. The 3′ NTR regulates both plus- and minus-strand RNA synthesis. How the triple gene-block proteins interact for virus movement is still elusive. As the potato virus X (PVX) TGBp1 protein gates plasmodesmata, regulates virus translation and is a suppressor of RNA silencing, further research is needed to determine how these properties contribute to propelling virus through the plasmodesmata. Specifically, TGBp1 suppressor activity is required for virus movement, but how the silencing machinery relates to plasmodesmata is not known. The TGBp2 and TGBp3 proteins are endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated proteins required for virus movement. TGBp2 associates with ER-derived vesicles that traffic along the actin network. Future research will determine whether the virus-induced vesicles are cytopathic structures regulating events along the ER or are vehicles carrying virus to the plasmodesmata for transfer into neighbouring cells. Efforts to assemble virions in vitro identified a single-tailed particle (STP) comprising RNA, coat protein (CP) and TGBp1. It has been proposed that TGBp1 aids in transport of virions or STP between cells and ensures translation of RNA in the receiving cells. PVX is also a tool for studying Avr–R gene interactions and gene silencing in plants. The PVX CP is the elicitor for the Rx gene. Recent reports of the PVX CP reveal how CP interacts with the Rx gene product.
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- Jeanmarie Verchot-Lubicz
- Oklahoma State University, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 127 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Oklahoma State University, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 127 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Oklahoma State University, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 127 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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Hu B, Pillai-Nair N, Hemenway C. Long-distance RNA-RNA interactions between terminal elements and the same subset of internal elements on the potato virus X genome mediate minus- and plus-strand RNA synthesis. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2007; 13:267-80. [PMID: 17185361 PMCID: PMC1781375 DOI: 10.1261/rna.243607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Potexvirus genomes contain conserved terminal elements that are complementary to multiple internal octanucleotide elements. Both local sequences and structures at the 5' terminus and long-distance interactions between this region and internal elements are important for accumulation of potato virus X (PVX) plus-strand RNA in vivo. In this study, the role of the conserved hexanucleotide motif within SL3 of the 3' NTR and internal conserved octanucleotide elements in minus-strand RNA synthesis was analyzed using both a template-dependent, PVX RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) extract and a protoplast replication system. Template analyses in vitro indicated that 3' terminal templates of 850 nucleotides (nt), but not 200 nt, supported efficient, minus-strand RNA synthesis. Mutational analyses of the longer templates indicated that optimal transcription requires the hexanucleotide motif in SL3 within the 3' NTR and the complementary CP octanucleotide element 747 nt upstream. Additional experiments to disrupt interactions between one or more internal conserved elements and the 3' hexanucleotide element showed that long-distance interactions were necessary for minus-strand RNA synthesis both in vitro and in vivo. Additionally, multiple internal octanucleotide elements could serve as pairing partners with the hexanucleotide element in vivo. These cis-acting elements and interactions correlate in several ways to those previously observed for plus-strand RNA accumulation in vivo, suggesting that dynamic interactions between elements at both termini and the same subset of internal octanucleotide elements are required for both minus- and plus-strand RNA synthesis and potentially other aspects of PVX replication.
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- Bin Hu
- Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7622, USA
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Lough TJ, Lee RH, Emerson SJ, Forster RLS, Lucas WJ. Functional analysis of the 5' untranslated region of potexvirus RNA reveals a role in viral replication and cell-to-cell movement. Virology 2006; 351:455-65. [PMID: 16697024 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.03.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2006] [Revised: 03/06/2006] [Accepted: 03/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cell-to-cell movement of potexviruses requires cognate recognition between the viral RNA, the triple gene block proteins (TGBp1-3) and the coat protein (CP). cis-acting motifs required for recognition and translocation of viral RNA were identified using an artificial potexvirus defective RNA encoding a green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter transcriptionally fused to the terminal viral sequences. Analysis of GFP fluorescence produced in vivo from these defective RNA constructs, referred to as chimeric RNA reporters, was used to identify viral cis-acting motifs required for RNA trafficking. Mapping experiments localized the cis-acting element to nucleotides 1-107 of the Potato virus X (PVX) genome. This sequence forms an RNA secondary structural element that has also been implicated in viral plus-strand accumulation [Miller, E.D., Plante, C.A., Kim, K.-H., Brown, J.W. and Hemenway, C. (1998) J. Mol. Biol. 284, 591-608]. While replication and movement functions associated with this region have not been separated, these results are consistent with sequence-specific recognition of RNA by the viral movement protein(s). This situation is unusual among viral movement proteins that typically function to translocate RNA between cells in a non-sequence-specific manner. These data support the concept of cis-acting elements specifying intercellular potexvirus RNA movement and thus provide a basis for dissection of RNA-mediated intercellular communication in plants.
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- Tony J Lough
- Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand, Plant Health and Development Group, Private Bag 11030, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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Raman S, Brian DA. Stem-loop IV in the 5' untranslated region is a cis-acting element in bovine coronavirus defective interfering RNA replication. J Virol 2005; 79:12434-46. [PMID: 16160171 PMCID: PMC1211515 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.19.12434-12446.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The 210-nucleotide (nt) 5' untranslated region (UTR) in the positive-strand bovine coronavirus (BCoV) genome is predicted to contain four higher-order structures identified as stem-loops I to IV, which may function as cis-acting elements in genomic RNA replication. Here, we describe evidence that stem-loop IV, a bulged stem-loop mapping at nt 186 through 215, (i) is phylogenetically conserved among group 2 coronaviruses and may have a homolog in groups 1 and 3, (ii) exists as a higher-order structure on the basis of enzyme probing, (iii) is required as a higher-order element for replication of a BCoV defective interfering (DI) RNA in the positive but not the negative strand, and (iv) as a higher-order structure in wild-type (wt) and mutant molecules that replicate, specifically binds six cellular proteins in the molecular mass range of 25 to 58 kDa as determined by electrophoretic mobility shift and UV cross-linking assays; binding to viral proteins was not detected. Interestingly, the predicted stem-loop IV homolog in the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus appears to be group 1-like in that it is in part duplicated with a group 1-like conserved loop sequence and is not group 2-like, as would be expected by the SARS coronavirus group 2-like 3' UTR structure. These results together indicate that stem-loop IV in the BCoV 5' UTR is a cis-acting element for DI RNA replication and that it might function through interactions with cellular proteins. It is postulated that stem-loop IV functions similarly in the virus genome.
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- Sharmila Raman
- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, TN 37996-0845, USA
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Komatsu K, Kagiwada S, Takahashi S, Mori T, Yamaji Y, Hirata H, Ozeki J, Yoshida A, Suzuki M, Ugaki M, Namba S. Phylogenetic characteristics, genomic heterogeneity and symptomatic variation of five closely related Japanese strains of Potato virus X. Virus Genes 2005; 31:99-105. [PMID: 15965614 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-005-2205-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2004] [Revised: 12/28/2004] [Accepted: 02/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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To elucidate the genomic determinants of Potato virus X (PVX) strains, which cause diverse responses in host plants, we determined the complete genomic RNA sequences of four Japanese PVX strains: PVX-BS, -BH, -OG, and -TO. These four strains, plus the previously sequenced PVX-OS strain, differ in their pathogenicity in wild potato (Solanum demissum) and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv. Samsun NN). The genomic sequences of these five PVX strains were highly homologous (i.e., the nucleotide sequence identity ranged from 95.4 to 98.5%). Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the Japanese PVX strains originated from an ancestral PVX strain in the European group, and that the virulence of these strains in both S. demissum and tobacco is not correlated with their phylogenetic relationships, suggesting that the pathogenicity of each strain in these host plants is determined by a relatively small number of nucleotides and can easily be altered independent of phylogenetic relationships. Particularly, OS, BH, and BS, which respectively produce markedly contrasting ringspot, mosaic, and asymptomatic infections in tobacco leaves, were the most closely related, suggesting that these three strains are an attractive model for analyzing the genetic determinants causing these symptoms. A possible correlation between the genomic and biological differences of these strains is discussed.
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- Ken Komatsu
- Laboratory of Bioresource Technology, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Chiba, Kashiwa, 277-8562, Japan
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Monkewich S, Lin HX, Fabian MR, Xu W, Na H, Ray D, Chernysheva OA, Nagy PD, White KA. The p92 polymerase coding region contains an internal RNA element required at an early step in Tombusvirus genome replication. J Virol 2005; 79:4848-58. [PMID: 15795270 PMCID: PMC1069561 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.8.4848-4858.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The replication of positive-strand RNA viral genomes involves various cis-acting RNA sequences. Generally, regulatory RNA sequences are present at or near genomic termini; however, internal replication elements (IREs) also exist. Here we report the structural and functional characterization of an IRE present in the readthrough portion of the p92 polymerase gene of Tomato bushy stunt virus. Analysis of this element in the context of a noncoding defective interfering RNA revealed a functional core structure composed of two noncontiguous segments of sequence that interact with each other to form an extended helical conformation. IRE activity required maintenance of several base-paired sections as well as two distinct structural features: (i) a short, highly conserved segment that can potentially form two different and mutually exclusive structures and (ii) an internal loop that contains a critical CC mismatch. The IRE was also shown to play an essential role within the context of the viral genome. In vivo analysis with novel RNA-based temperature-sensitive genomic mutants and translationally active subgenomic viral replicons revealed the following about the IRE: (i) it is active in the positive strand, (ii) it is dispensable late in the viral RNA replication process, and (iii) it is functionally inhibited by active translation over its sequence. Together, these results suggest that IRE activity is required in the cytosol at an early step in the viral replication process, such as template recruitment and/or replicase complex assembly.
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- Sandra Monkewich
- Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
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Kwon SJ, Park MR, Kim KW, Plante CA, Hemenway CL, Kim KH. cis-Acting sequences required for coat protein binding and in vitro assembly of Potato virus X. Virology 2005; 334:83-97. [PMID: 15749125 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2004] [Revised: 11/17/2004] [Accepted: 01/14/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The 5' region of Potato virus X (PVX) RNA containing an AC-rich single-stranded region and stem-loop 1 (SL1) has been shown to be important for PVX replication (Miller, E.D., Plante, C.A., Kim, K.-H., Brown, J.W., Hemenway, C., 1998. Stem-loop structure in the 5' region of potato virus X genome required for plus-strand RNA accumulation. J. Mol. Biol. 284, 591-608.). Here, we describe the involvement of SL1 for binding to the PVX coat protein (CP) using an in vitro assembly system and various deletion mutants of the 5' region of PVX RNA. Internal and 5' terminal deletions of the 5'-nontranslated region of PVX RNA were assessed for their effects on formation of assembled virus-like particles (VLPs). Mutant RNAs that contain the top region of SL1 or sequences therein bound to CP to form VLPs. In contrast, transcripts of mutants that disrupt SL1 RNA structure were unable to form VLPs. SELEX was used to further confirm the specific RNA recognition of PVX CP using RNA transcripts containing randomized sequences of the upper portion of SL1. Wild-type (wt) sequences along with many other sequences that resemble SL1 structure were selected after fourth and fifth rounds of SELEX (27.0% and 44.4%, respectively). RNA transcripts from several SELEX winners that are predicted to form stable stem-loop structures very closely resembling wt PVX SL1 VLPs. RNA transcripts not predicted to form secondary structures similar to SL1 did not form VLPs in vitro. Taken together, our results suggest that RNA secondary structural elements within SL1 and/or sequences therein are crucial for formation of VLPs and are required for the specific recognition by the CP subunit.
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- Sun-Jung Kwon
- School of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Breeding Research, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea
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Ray D, Na H, White KA. Structural properties of a multifunctional T-shaped RNA domain that mediate efficient tomato bushy stunt virus RNA replication. J Virol 2004; 78:10490-500. [PMID: 15367615 PMCID: PMC516415 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.19.10490-10500.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In positive-strand RNA viruses, 5' untranslated regions (5' UTRs) mediate many essential viral processes, including genome replication. Previously, we proposed that the 5'-terminal portion of the genomic leader sequence of Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) forms an RNA structure containing a 3-helix junction, termed the T-shaped domain (TSD). In the present study, we have carried out structure-function analysis of the proposed TSD and have confirmed an important role for this domain in mediating efficient viral RNA amplification. Using a model TBSV defective interfering RNA replicon and a protoplast system, we demonstrated that various TSD subelements contribute to the efficiency of viral RNA replication. In particular, the stabilities of all three stems (S1, S2, and S4) forming the 3-helix junction are important, while stem-loop 3-a terminal extension of S2-is largely dispensable. Additionally, some of the sequences forming the 3-helix junction are required in an identity-dependent manner. Thus, both secondary structure and nucleotide identity are important for TSD-mediated viral RNA replication. Importantly, these results are fully consistent with the dual functions we defined previously for the sequences corresponding to loops 3 and 4, respectively, in facilitating 5' cap- and 3' poly(A) tail-independent translation of the genome by forming a loop-loop interaction with the 3'-proximal translational enhancer and in mediating viral RNA replication through formation of a pseudoknot with the adjacent downstream RNA domain. Also, since comparable TSDs and associated interactions are predicted in the 5' UTRs of all sequenced Aureusvirus genomes, members of at least one other genus in the family Tombusviridae appear to utilize this type of multifunctional RNA domain.
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- Debashish Ray
- Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
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Gowda S, Satyanarayana T, Ayllón MA, Moreno P, Flores R, Dawson WO. The conserved structures of the 5' nontranslated region of Citrus tristeza virus are involved in replication and virion assembly. Virology 2003; 317:50-64. [PMID: 14675624 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2003.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The genomic RNA of different isolates of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) reveals an unusual pattern of sequence diversity: the 3' halves are highly conserved (homology >90%), while the 5' halves show much more dissimilarity, with the 5' nontranslated region (NTR) containing the highest diversity (homology as low as 42%). Yet, positive-sense sequences of the 5' NTR were predicted to fold into nearly identical structures consisting of two stem-loops (SL1 and SL2) separated by a short spacer region. The predicted most stable secondary structures of the negative-sense sequences were more variable. We introduced mutations into the 5' NTR of a CTV replicon to alter the sequence and/or the predicted secondary structures with or without additional compensatory changes designed to restore predicted secondary structures, and examined their effect on replication in transfected protoplasts. The results suggested that the predicted secondary structures of the 5' NTR were more important for replication than the primary structure. Most mutations that were predicted to disrupt the secondary structures fail to replicate, while compensatory mutations were allowed replication to resume. The 5' NTR mutations that were tolerated by the CTV replicon were examined in the full-length virus for effects on replication and production of the multiple subgenomic RNAs. Additionally, the ability of these mutants to produce virions was monitored by electron microscopy and by passaging the progeny nucleocapsids to another batch of protoplasts. Some of the mutants with compensatory sequence alterations predicted to rebuild similar secondary structures allowed replication at near wild-type levels but failed to passage, suggesting that the 5' NTR contains sequences required for both replication and virion assembly.
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- Siddarame Gowda
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred, FL 33850, USA
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Ray D, Wu B, White KA. A second functional RNA domain in the 5' UTR of the Tomato bushy stunt virus genome: intra- and interdomain interactions mediate viral RNA replication. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2003; 9:1232-45. [PMID: 13130137 PMCID: PMC1370487 DOI: 10.1261/rna.5630203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2003] [Accepted: 07/07/2003] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The 5' untranslated regions (UTRs) of (+)-strand RNA viruses play a variety of roles in the reproductive cycles of these infectious agents. Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) belongs to this class of RNA virus and is the prototype member of the genus Tombusvirus. Previous studies have demonstrated that a T-shaped domain (TSD) forms in the 5' half of the TBSV 5' UTR and that it plays a central role in viral RNA replication. Here we have extended our structure-function analysis to the 3' half of the 5' UTR. Investigation of this region in the context of a model viral replicon (i.e., a TBSV-derived defective interfering [DI] RNA) revealed that this segment contains numerous functionally relevant structural features. In vitro solution structure probing along with comparative and computer-aided RNA secondary structure analyses predicted the presence of a simple stem loop (SL5) followed by a more complex downstream domain (DSD). Both structures were found to be essential for efficient DI RNA accumulation when tested in a plant protoplast system. For SL5, maintenance of the base of its stem was the principal feature required for robust in vivo accumulation. In the DSD, both helical and unpaired regions containing conserved sequences were necessary for efficient DI RNA accumulation. Additionally, optimal DI RNA accumulation required a TSD-DSD interaction mediated by a pseudoknot. Modifications that reduced accumulation did not appreciably affect DI RNA stability in vivo, indicating that the DSD and SL5 act to facilitate viral RNA replication.
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- Debashish Ray
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
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Batten JS, Yoshinari S, Hemenway C. Potato virus X: a model system for virus replication, movement and gene expression. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2003; 4:125-31. [PMID: 20569372 DOI: 10.1046/j.1364-3703.2003.00156.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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SUMMARY Considerable research has focused on the cis- and trans-acting components required for various aspects of the potato virus X (PVX) infection process. In addition, the development of PVX-based vectors has facilitated analyses of the PVX infection process and provided diverse technological applications. As a result, the PVX system will continue to serve as a model for analyses of processes such as virus movement, RNA replication, and gene silencing, and as a tool for protein expression.
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- Jeffrey S Batten
- Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7622, USA
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Pillai-Nair N, Kim KH, Hemenway C. Cis-acting regulatory elements in the potato virus X 3' non-translated region differentially affect minus-strand and plus-strand RNA accumulation. J Mol Biol 2003; 326:701-20. [PMID: 12581634 PMCID: PMC7126608 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(02)01369-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The 72nt 3' non-translated region (NTR) of potato virus X (PVX) RNA is identical in all sequenced PVX strains and contains sequences that are conserved among all potexviruses. Computer folding of the 3' NTR sequence predicted three stem-loop structures (SL1, SL2, and SL3 in the 3' to 5' direction), which generally were supported by solution structure analyses. The importance of these sequence and/or structural elements to PVX RNA accumulation was further analyzed by inoculation of Nicotiana tabacum (NT-1) protoplasts with PVX transcripts containing mutations in the 3' NTR. Analyses of RNA accumulation by S(1) nuclease protection indicated that multiple sequence elements throughout the 3' NTR were important for minus-strand RNA accumulation. Formation of SL3 was required for accumulation of minus-strand RNA, whereas SL1 and SL2 formation were less important. However, sequences within all of these predicted structures were required for minus-strand RNA accumulation, including a conserved hexanucleotide sequence element in the loop of SL3, and the CU nucleotide in a U-rich sequence within SL2. In contrast, 13 nucleotides that were predicted to reside in SL1 could be deleted without any significant reduction in minus or plus-strand RNA levels. Potential polyadenylation signals (near upstream elements; NUEs) in the 3' NTR of PVX RNA were more important for plus-strand RNA accumulation than for minus-strand RNA accumulation. In addition, one of these NUEs overlapped with other sequence required for optimal minus-strand RNA levels. These data indicate that the PVX 3' NTR contains multiple, overlapping elements that influence accumulation of both minus and plus-strand RNA.
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- Neeta Pillai-Nair
- Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7622, USA
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White KA. The premature termination model: a possible third mechanism for subgenomic mRNA transcription in (+)-strand RNA viruses. Virology 2002; 304:147-54. [PMID: 12504556 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2002.1732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- K Andrew White
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3.
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Kim KH, Kwon SJ, Hemenway C. Cellular protein binds to sequences near the 5' terminus of potato virus X RNA that are important for virus replication. Virology 2002; 301:305-12. [PMID: 12359432 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2002.1559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The sequences in the 5'-nontranslated region (NTR) of Potato virus X (PVX) genomic RNA were previously reported to contain several regulatory elements that are required for genomic and subgenomic RNA accumulation. To investigate whether cellular proteins bind to these elements, we conducted electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA) with protoplast protein extracts and RNA sequences from the PVX 5'-NTR. These analyses showed that the 5' region of PVX positive-strand RNA formed complexes with cellular proteins. UV cross-linking studies of complexes formed with various deletions of the PVX RNA indicated that a 54-kDa cellular protein (p54) was bound to nt 1-46 at the 5' terminus of PVX RNA. Site-directed mutations introduced within this 46-nt region further indicated that an ACCA sequence element located at nt 10-13 was important for optimal binding. In addition, mutations that decreased the affinity of the template RNA for the cellular factor decreased PVX plus-strand RNA accumulation in protoplasts. These studies suggest that the p54 may function in PVX RNA replication by binding to the 5' terminus of the viral genomic RNA.
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- Kook-Hyung Kim
- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Breeding Research, Seoul National University, Suwon, 441-744, Korea.
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De la Peña M, Flores R. Chrysanthemum chlorotic mottle viroid RNA: dissection of the pathogenicity determinant and comparative fitness of symptomatic and non-symptomatic variants. J Mol Biol 2002; 321:411-21. [PMID: 12162955 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(02)00629-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Chrysanthemum chlorotic mottle viroid (CChMVd) is a small RNA (398-401nt) with hammerhead ribozymes in both polarity strands that mediate self-cleavage of the oligomeric RNA intermediates generated in a rolling-circle mechanism of replication. Within the in vivo branched RNA conformation of CChMVd, a tetraloop has been identified as a major determinant of pathogenicity. Here we present a detailed study of this tetraloop by site-directed mutagenesis, bioassay of the CChMV-cDNA clones and analysis of the resulting progenies. None of the changes introduced in the tetraloop, including its substitution by a triloop or a pentaloop, abolished infectivity. In contrast to observations for other RNAs, the thermodynamically stable GAAA tetraloop characteristic of non-symptomatic CChMVd-NS strains was not functionally interchangeable for other stable tetraloops of the UNCG family, suggesting that the sequence, rather than the structure, is the major factor governing conservation of this motif. In most cases, the changes introduced initially led to symptomless infections, which eventually evolved to be symptomatic concurrently with the prevalence in the progeny of the UUUC tetraloop characteristic of symptomatic CChMVd-S strains. Only in one case did the GAAA tetraloop emerge and eventually dominate the progeny in infected plants that were non-symptomatic. These results revealed two major fitness peaks in the tetraloop (UUUC and GAAA), whose adjacent stem was also under strong selection pressure. Co-inoculations with CChMVd-S and -NS variants showed that only when the latter was in a 100- or 1000-fold excess did the infected plants remain symptomless, confirming the higher biological fitness of the S variant and explaining the lack of symptom expression previously observed in cross-protection experiments.
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- Marcos De la Peña
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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Koev G, Liu S, Beckett R, Miller WA. The 3prime prime or minute-terminal structure required for replication of Barley yellow dwarf virus RNA contains an embedded 3prime prime or minute end. Virology 2002; 292:114-26. [PMID: 11878914 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2001.1268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We determined the 3prime prime or minute-terminal primary and secondary structures required for replication of Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) RNA in oat protoplasts. Computer predictions, nuclease probing, phylogenetic comparisons, and replication assays of specific mutants and chimeras revealed that the 3prime prime or minute-terminal 109 nucleotides (nt) form a structure with three to four stem-loops followed by a coaxially stacked helix incorporating the last four nt [(A/U)CCC]. Sequences upstream of the 109-nt region also contributed to RNA accumulation. The base-pairing but not the sequences or bulges in the stems were essential for replication, but any changes to the 3prime prime or minute-terminal helix destroyed replication. The two 3prime prime or minute-proximal tetraloops tolerated all changes, but the two 3prime prime or minute-distal tetraloops gave most efficient replication if they fit the GNRA consensus. A mutant lacking the 3prime prime or minute-proximal stem-loop produced elevated levels of less-than-full-length minus strands, and no (+) strand. We propose that a "pocket" structure is the origin of (minus sign)-strand synthesis, which is negatively regulated by the inaccessible conformation of the 3prime prime or minute terminus, thus favoring a high (+)/(minus sign) ratio. This 3prime prime or minute structure and the polymerase homologies suggest that genus Luteovirus is more closely related to the Tombusviridae family than to other Luteoviridae genera.
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- Gennadiy Koev
- Plant Pathology Department, Iowa State University, 351 Bessey Hall, Ames, Iowa 50011-1020, USA
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Hemenway CL, Lommel SA. Manipulating plant viral RNA transcription signals. GENETIC ENGINEERING 2001; 22:171-95. [PMID: 11501376 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4199-8_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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- C L Hemenway
- Departments of Biochemistry Box 7622 & Plant Pathology Box 7616, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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Wu B, Vanti WB, White KA. An RNA domain within the 5' untranslated region of the tomato bushy stunt virus genome modulates viral RNA replication. J Mol Biol 2001; 305:741-56. [PMID: 11162089 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The terminal half of the 5' untranslated region (UTR) in the (+)-strand RNA genome of tomato bushy stunt virus was analyzed for possible roles in viral RNA replication. Computer-aided thermodynamic analysis of secondary structure, phylogenetic comparisons for base-pair covariation, and chemical and enzymatic solution structure probing were used to analyze the 78 nucleotide long 5'-terminal sequence. The results indicate that this sequence adopts a branched secondary structure containing a three-helix junction core. The T-shaped domain (TSD) formed by this terminal sequence is closed by a prominent ten base-pair long helix, termed stem 1 (S1). Deletion of either the 5' or 3' segment forming S1 (coordinates 1-10 or 69-78, respectively) in a model subviral RNA replicon, i.e. a prototypical defective interfering (DI) RNA, reduced in vivo accumulation levels of this molecule approximately 20-fold. Compensatory-type mutational analysis of S1 within this replicon revealed a strong correlation between formation of the predicted S1 structure and efficient DI RNA accumulation. RNA decay studies in vivo did not reveal any notable changes in the physical stabilities of DI RNAs containing disrupted S1s, thus implicating RNA replication as the affected process. Further investigation revealed that destabilization of S1 in the (+)-strand was significantly more detrimental to DI RNA accumulation than (-)-strand destabilization, therefore S1-mediated activity likely functions primarily via the (+)-strand. The essential role of S1 in DI RNA accumulation prompted us to examine the 5'-proximal secondary structure of a previously identified mutant DI RNA, RNA B, that lacks the 5' UTR but is still capable of low levels of replication. Mutational analysis of a predicted S1-like element present within a cryptic 5'-terminal TSD confirmed the importance of the former in RNA B accumulation. Collectively, these data support a fundamental role for the TSD, and in particular its S1 subelement, in tombusvirus RNA replication.
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- B Wu
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
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Plante CA, Kim KH, Pillai-Nair N, Osman TA, Buck KW, Hemenway CL. Soluble, template-dependent extracts from Nicotiana benthamiana plants infected with potato virus X transcribe both plus- and minus-strand RNA templates. Virology 2000; 275:444-51. [PMID: 10998342 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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We have developed a method to convert membrane-bound replication complexes isolated from Nicotiana benthamiana plants infected with potato virus X (PVX) to a soluble, template-dependent system for analysis of RNA synthesis. Analysis of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity in the membrane-bound, endogenous template extracts indicated three major products, which corresponded to double-stranded versions of PVX genomic RNA and the two predominant subgenomic RNAs. The endogenous templates were removed from the membrane-bound complex by treatment with BAL 31 nuclease in the presence of Nonidet P-40 (NP-40). Upon the addition of full-length plus- or minus- strand PVX transcripts, the corresponding-size products were detected. Synthesis was not observed when red clover necrotic mosaic dianthovirus (RCNMV) RNA 2 templates were added, indicating template specificity for PVX transcripts. Plus-strand PVX templates lacking the 3' terminal region were not copied, suggesting that elements in the 3' region were required for initiation of RNA synthesis. Extracts that supported RNA synthesis from endogenous templates could also be solublized using sodium taurodeoxycholate and then rendered template-dependent by BAL 31 nuclease/NP-40 treatment. The solubilized preparations copied both plus- and minus-strand PVX transcripts, but did not support synthesis from RCNMV RNA 2. These membrane-bound and soluble template-dependent systems will facilitate analyses of viral and host components required for PVX RNA synthesis.
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- C A Plante
- Department of Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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Koev G, Miller WA. A positive-strand RNA virus with three very different subgenomic RNA promoters. J Virol 2000; 74:5988-96. [PMID: 10846080 PMCID: PMC112095 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.13.5988-5996.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/1999] [Accepted: 04/16/2000] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Numerous RNA viruses generate subgenomic mRNAs (sgRNAs) for expression of their 3'-proximal genes. A major step in control of viral gene expression is the regulation of sgRNA synthesis by specific promoter elements. We used barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) as a model system to study transcriptional control in a virus with multiple sgRNAs. BYDV generates three sgRNAs during infection. The sgRNA1 promoter has been mapped previously to a 98-nucleotide (nt) region which forms two stem-loop structures. It was determined that sgRNA1 is not required for BYDV RNA replication in oat protoplasts. In this study, we show that neither sgRNA2 nor sgRNA3 is required for BYDV RNA replication. The promoters for sgRNA2 and sgRNA3 synthesis were mapped by using deletion mutagenesis. The minimal sgRNA2 promoter is approximately 143 nt long (nt 4810 to 4952) and is located immediately downstream of the putative sgRNA2 start site (nt 4809). The minimal sgRNA3 core promoter is 44 nt long (nt 5345 to 5388), with most of the sequence located downstream of sgRNA3 start site (nt 5348). For both promoters, additional sequences upstream of the start site enhanced sgRNA promoter activity. These promoters contrast to the sgRNA1 promoter, in which almost all of the promoter is located upstream of the transcription initiation site. Comparison of RNA sequences and computer-predicted secondary structures revealed little or no homology between the three sgRNA promoter elements. Thus, a small RNA virus with multiple sgRNAs can have very different subgenomic promoters, which implies a complex system for promoter recognition and regulation of subgenomic RNA synthesis.
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- G Koev
- Plant Pathology Department, Iowa State University, Ames 50011-1020, USA
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Guan H, Carpenter CD, Simon AE. Requirement of a 5'-proximal linear sequence on minus strands for plus-strand synthesis of a satellite RNA associated with turnip crinkle virus. Virology 2000; 268:355-63. [PMID: 10704343 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.0154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Viral RNA replication begins with specific recognition of cis-acting RNA elements by the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) and/or associated host factors. A short RNA element (3'-AACCCCUGGGAGGC) located 41 bases from the 5' end of minus strands of satellite RNA C (satC), a 356-base subviral RNA naturally associated with turnip crinkle virus (TCV), was previously identified as important for plus-strand synthesis using an in vitro RdRp assay (H. Guan, C. Song, A. E. Simon, 1997, RNA 3, 1401-1412). To examine the functional significance of this element in RNA replication, mutations were introduced into the consecutive C residues in the element. A single mutation of the 3'-most C residue resulted in undetectable levels of satC plus strands when transcripts were assayed in protoplasts and suppressed transcription directed by the element in vitro. However, satC minus strands were detectable at 6 h postinoculation (hpi) of protoplasts, accumulating to about 10% of wild-type levels at 24 hpi. This mutation, when in the plus-sense orientation, had little or no effect on minus-strand synthesis from full-length satC plus strands in vitro, suggesting that the 5'-proximal RNA element is required for satC plus-strand synthesis. In addition, in vivo genetic selection revealed a strict requirement for 10 of the 14 nucleotides of the element, indicating that the primary sequence is essential for RNA accumulation.
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- H Guan
- Department of Biochemistry, Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003, USA
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Guan H, Carpenter CD, Simon AE. Analysis of cis-acting sequences involved in plus-strand synthesis of a turnip crinkle virus-associated satellite RNA identifies a new carmovirus replication element. Virology 2000; 268:345-54. [PMID: 10704342 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.0153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Satellite RNA C (satC) is a 356-base subviral RNA associated with turnip crinkle virus (TCV). A 3'-proximal element (3'-UCCCAAAGUAU) located 11 bases from the 3' terminus of satC minus strands can function as an independent promoter in an in vitro RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) transcription system. Furthermore, in the absence of a 5'-proximal element, the 3'-proximal element is required for complementary strand synthesis in vitro. Site-directed mutagenesis was conducted to investigate the functional significance of this element and the 3' minus-strand terminal sequence "3'-OH-CCCUAU," which contains the minus-strand 3'-end sequence "3'-OH-CC(1-2)(A/U)(A/U)(A/U)" found in all carmovirus RNAs. Single mutations in the 3'-terminal sequence, which we have named the carmovirus consensus sequence (CCS), suppressed satC plus-strand synthesis to undetectable levels in protoplasts while still permitting some minus-strand synthesis. However, single and multiple mutations introduced into the 3'-proximal element had little or no effect on satC accumulation in protoplasts. In vivo genetic selection (SELEX) of the minus-strand 3'-terminal 21 bases revealed that all satC species accumulating in plants contained the 3' CCS. In addition, the 3'-proximal element preferentially contained a sequence similar to the CCS and/or polypurines, suggesting that this element may also contribute to accumulation of satC in vivo.
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MESH Headings
- Brassica/virology
- Carmovirus/genetics
- Chimera/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Genes, Regulator/genetics
- Genes, Viral
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Mutation/genetics
- Plant Viruses/genetics
- RNA, Satellite/biosynthesis
- RNA, Satellite/genetics
- RNA, Viral/biosynthesis
- RNA, Viral/genetics
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics
- Transcription, Genetic/genetics
- Virus Replication/genetics
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Affiliation(s)
- H Guan
- Department of Biochemistry, Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003, USA
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