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Proulx J, Borgmann K, Park IW. Role of Virally-Encoded Deubiquitinating Enzymes in Regulation of the Virus Life Cycle. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22094438. [PMID: 33922750 PMCID: PMC8123002 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The ubiquitin (Ub) proteasome system (UPS) plays a pivotal role in regulation of numerous cellular processes, including innate and adaptive immune responses that are essential for restriction of the virus life cycle in the infected cells. Deubiquitination by the deubiquitinating enzyme, deubiquitinase (DUB), is a reversible molecular process to remove Ub or Ub chains from the target proteins. Deubiquitination is an integral strategy within the UPS in regulating survival and proliferation of the infecting virus and the virus-invaded cells. Many viruses in the infected cells are reported to encode viral DUB, and these vial DUBs actively disrupt cellular Ub-dependent processes to suppress host antiviral immune response, enhancing virus replication and thus proliferation. This review surveys the types of DUBs encoded by different viruses and their molecular processes for how the infecting viruses take advantage of the DUB system to evade the host immune response and expedite their replication.
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- Jessica Proulx
- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA; (J.P.); (K.B.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA; (J.P.); (K.B.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-(817)-735-5115; Fax: +1-(817)-735-2610
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Discovery and characterization of a novel alphavirus-like RNA virus from the red firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus L. (Heteroptera). J Invertebr Pathol 2019; 166:107213. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2019.107213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Revised: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mann KS, Sanfaçon H. Expanding Repertoire of Plant Positive-Strand RNA Virus Proteases. Viruses 2019; 11:v11010066. [PMID: 30650571 PMCID: PMC6357015 DOI: 10.3390/v11010066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Many plant viruses express their proteins through a polyprotein strategy, requiring the acquisition of protease domains to regulate the release of functional mature proteins and/or intermediate polyproteins. Positive-strand RNA viruses constitute the vast majority of plant viruses and they are diverse in their genomic organization and protein expression strategies. Until recently, proteases encoded by positive-strand RNA viruses were described as belonging to two categories: (1) chymotrypsin-like cysteine and serine proteases and (2) papain-like cysteine protease. However, the functional characterization of plant virus cysteine and serine proteases has highlighted their diversity in terms of biological activities, cleavage site specificities, regulatory mechanisms, and three-dimensional structures. The recent discovery of a plant picorna-like virus glutamic protease with possible structural similarities with fungal and bacterial glutamic proteases also revealed new unexpected sources of protease domains. We discuss the variety of plant positive-strand RNA virus protease domains. We also highlight possible evolution scenarios of these viral proteases, including evidence for the exchange of protease domains amongst unrelated viruses.
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- Krin S Mann
- Summerland Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland, BC V0H 1Z0, Canada.
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- Summerland Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland, BC V0H 1Z0, Canada.
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Rodamilans B, Shan H, Pasin F, García JA. Plant Viral Proteases: Beyond the Role of Peptide Cutters. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:666. [PMID: 29868107 PMCID: PMC5967125 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Almost half of known plant viral species rely on proteolytic cleavages as key co- and post-translational modifications throughout their infection cycle. Most of these viruses encode their own endopeptidases, proteases with high substrate specificity that internally cleave large polyprotein precursors for the release of functional sub-units. Processing of the polyprotein, however, is not an all-or-nothing process in which endopeptidases act as simple peptide cutters. On the contrary, spatial-temporal modulation of these polyprotein cleavage events is crucial for a successful viral infection. In this way, the processing of the polyprotein coordinates viral replication, assembly and movement, and has significant impact on pathogen fitness and virulence. In this mini-review, we give an overview of plant viral proteases emphasizing their importance during viral infections and the varied functionalities that result from their proteolytic activities.
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- Bernardo Rodamilans
- Departamento de Genética Molecular de Plantas, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular de Plantas, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular de Plantas, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Bailey-Elkin BA, Knaap RCM, Kikkert M, Mark BL. Structure and Function of Viral Deubiquitinating Enzymes. J Mol Biol 2017; 429:3441-3470. [PMID: 28625850 PMCID: PMC7094624 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2017.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Revised: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Post-translational modification of cellular proteins by ubiquitin regulates numerous cellular processes, including innate and adaptive immune responses. Ubiquitin-mediated control over these processes can be reversed by cellular deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs), which remove ubiquitin from cellular targets and depolymerize polyubiquitin chains. The importance of protein ubiquitination to host immunity has been underscored by the discovery of viruses that encode proteases with deubiquitinating activity, many of which have been demonstrated to actively corrupt cellular ubiquitin-dependent processes to suppress innate antiviral responses and promote viral replication. DUBs have now been identified in diverse viral lineages, and their characterization is providing valuable insights into virus biology and the role of the ubiquitin system in host antiviral mechanisms. Here, we provide an overview of the structural biology of these fascinating viral enzymes and their role innate immune evasion and viral replication.
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- Ben A Bailey-Elkin
- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2N2, Canada.
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Jupin I, Ayach M, Jomat L, Fieulaine S, Bressanelli S. A mobile loop near the active site acts as a switch between the dual activities of a viral protease/deubiquitinase. PLoS Pathog 2017; 13:e1006714. [PMID: 29117247 PMCID: PMC5695851 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The positive-strand RNA virus Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) encodes an ovarian tumor (OTU)-like protease/deubiquitinase (PRO/DUB) protein domain involved both in proteolytic processing of the viral polyprotein through its PRO activity, and in removal of ubiquitin chains from ubiquitylated substrates through its DUB activity. Here, the crystal structures of TYMV PRO/DUB mutants and molecular dynamics simulations reveal that an idiosyncratic mobile loop participates in reversibly constricting its unusual catalytic site by adopting "open", "intermediate" or "closed" conformations. The two cis-prolines of the loop form a rigid flap that in the most closed conformation zips up against the other side of the catalytic cleft. The intermediate and closed conformations also correlate with a reordering of the TYMV PRO/DUB catalytic dyad, that then assumes a classical, yet still unusually mobile, OTU DUB alignment. Further structure-based mutants designed to interfere with the loop's mobility were assessed for enzymatic activity in vitro and in vivo, and were shown to display reduced DUB activity while retaining PRO activity. This indicates that control of the switching between the dual PRO/DUB activities resides prominently within this loop next to the active site. Introduction of mutations into the viral genome revealed that the DUB activity contributes to the extent of viral RNA accumulation both in single cells and in whole plants. In addition, the conformation of the mobile flap was also found to influence symptoms severity in planta. Such mutants now provide powerful tools with which to study the specific roles of reversible ubiquitylation in viral infection. Viruses have much smaller genomes than their hosts. Consequently, they often encode proteins which are multifunctional. For instance, some viral proteases have a dual function, being also deubiquitinases, i.e. enzymes capable of removing ubiquitin tags grafted onto proteins and that often target them for destruction. The protease and deubiquitinase activities share a single active site that is used alternately for one function or the other, but how this switch between activities may be regulated is presently unknown. To answer this question, we studied a simple plant virus that is a useful model system for these complex molecular biology phenomena, and that encodes a simplified protease/deubiquitinase. Here, thanks to a combination of structural and functional analyses, we managed to decouple the two activities, killing the deubiquitinase activity while preserving the protease one. This successful decoupling relies on our discovery that a loop inserted next to the active site is mobile, and can thus act as a switch between the two activities. This result allowed us to demonstrate the importance of the specific deubiquinase activity in viral multiplication. In addition, viral symptoms were also severely affected by mutations affecting the loop mobility. Our data provide powerful tools for further studies, that may also be relevant for more complex or medically relevant viruses.
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- Isabelle Jupin
- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS—Univ Paris-Diderot, Paris, France
- * E-mail: (IJ); (SB)
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, CEA—CNRS—Univ Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS—Univ Paris-Diderot, Paris, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, CEA—CNRS—Univ Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, CEA—CNRS—Univ Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France
- * E-mail: (IJ); (SB)
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Moriceau L, Jomat L, Bressanelli S, Alcaide-Loridan C, Jupin I. Identification and Molecular Characterization of the Chloroplast Targeting Domain of Turnip yellow mosaic virus Replication Proteins. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:2138. [PMID: 29312393 PMCID: PMC5742235 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.02138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) is a positive-strand RNA virus infecting plants. The TYMV 140K replication protein is a key organizer of viral replication complex (VRC) assembly, being responsible for recruitment of the viral polymerase and for targeting the VRCs to the chloroplast envelope where viral replication takes place. However, the structural requirements determining the subcellular localization and membrane association of this essential viral protein have not yet been defined. In this study, we investigated determinants for the in vivo chloroplast targeting of the TYMV 140K replication protein. Subcellular localization studies of deletion mutants identified a 41-residue internal sequence as the chloroplast targeting domain (CTD) of TYMV 140K; this sequence is sufficient to target GFP to the chloroplast envelope. The CTD appears to be located in the C-terminal extension of the methyltransferase domain-a region shared by 140K and its mature cleavage product 98K, which behaves as an integral membrane protein during infection. We predicted the CTD to fold into two amphipathic α-helices-a folding that was confirmed in vitro by circular dichroism spectroscopy analyses of a synthetic peptide. The importance for subcellular localization of the integrity of these amphipathic helices, and the function of 140K/98K, was demonstrated by performing amino acid substitutions that affected chloroplast targeting, membrane association and viral replication. These results establish a short internal α-helical peptide as an unusual signal for targeting proteins to the chloroplast envelope membrane, and provide new insights into membrane targeting of viral replication proteins-a universal feature of positive-strand RNA viruses.
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- Lucille Moriceau
- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, Université Paris-Diderot, Paris, France
- Université Paris-Sud – Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, Université Paris-Diderot, Paris, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud – Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, Université Paris-Diderot, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, Université Paris-Diderot, Paris, France
- *Correspondence: Isabelle Jupin,
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de Miranda JR, Cornman RS, Evans JD, Semberg E, Haddad N, Neumann P, Gauthier L. Genome Characterization, Prevalence and Distribution of a Macula-Like Virus from Apis mellifera and Varroa destructor. Viruses 2015; 7:3586-602. [PMID: 26154017 PMCID: PMC4517118 DOI: 10.3390/v7072789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Revised: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Around 14 distinct virus species-complexes have been detected in honeybees, each with one or more strains or sub-species. Here we present the initial characterization of an entirely new virus species-complex discovered in honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) and varroa mite (Varroa destructor) samples from Europe and the USA. The virus has a naturally poly-adenylated RNA genome of about 6500 nucleotides with a genome organization and sequence similar to the Tymoviridae (Tymovirales; Tymoviridae), a predominantly plant-infecting virus family. Literature and laboratory analyses indicated that the virus had not previously been described. The virus is very common in French apiaries, mirroring the results from an extensive Belgian survey, but could not be detected in equally-extensive Swedish and Norwegian bee disease surveys. The virus appears to be closely linked to varroa, with the highest prevalence found in varroa samples and a clear seasonal distribution peaking in autumn, coinciding with the natural varroa population development. Sub-genomic RNA analyses show that bees are definite hosts, while varroa is a possible host and likely vector. The tentative name of Bee Macula-like virus (BeeMLV) is therefore proposed. A second, distantly related Tymoviridae-like virus was also discovered in varroa transcriptomes, tentatively named Varroa Tymo-like virus (VTLV).
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- Joachim R de Miranda
- Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA.
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala 750 07, Sweden.
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- Bee Research Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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- Bee Research Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala 750 07, Sweden.
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- Bee Research Department, National Center for Agricultural Research and Extension, Baqa' 19381, Jordan.
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- Institute of Bee Health, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern CH-3001, Switzerland.
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- Agroscope, Bee Research Center, Schwarzenburgstrasse 161, Bern CH-3003, Switzerland.
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On the interaction and localization of the beet necrotic yellow vein virus replicase. Virus Res 2014; 196:94-104. [PMID: 25445349 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2014] [Revised: 11/02/2014] [Accepted: 11/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) is a multipartite positive-strand RNA virus. BNYVV RNA-1 encodes a non-structural p237 polyprotein processed in two proteins (p150 and p66) by a cis-acting protease activity. BNYVV non-structural proteins are closely related to replication proteins of positive strand RNA viruses such as hepeviruses rather to other plant virus replicases. The p237 and dsRNA have been localized by TEM in ER structures of infected leaf cells whereas dsRNA was immunolabeled in infected protoplasts. The p150 contains domains with methyltransferase, protease, helicase and two domains of unknown function whereas p66 encompasses the RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase signature. We report the existing interactions between functional domains of the p150 and p66 proteins and the addressing of the benyvirus replicase to the endoplasmic reticulum. Yeast two-hybrid approach, colocalization with FRET-FLIM analyses and co-immunoprecipitation highlighted existing interactions that suggest the presence of a multimeric complex at the vicinity of the cellular membranous web.
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Chenon M, Camborde L, Cheminant S, Jupin I. A viral deubiquitylating enzyme targets viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and affects viral infectivity. EMBO J 2011; 31:741-53. [PMID: 22117220 PMCID: PMC3273391 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2011] [Accepted: 11/03/2011] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Turnip Yellow Mosaic Virus protects its replicative polymerase from degradation by the host cell ubiquitin-proteasome system, employing deubiquitination activity of a processing protease with resemblance to OTU domain DUBs. Selective protein degradation via the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) plays an essential role in many major cellular processes, including host–pathogen interactions. We previously reported that the tightly regulated viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) of the positive-strand RNA virus Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) is degraded by the UPS in infected cells, a process that affects viral infectivity. Here, we show that the TYMV 98K replication protein can counteract this degradation process thanks to its proteinase domain. In-vitro assays revealed that the recombinant proteinase domain is a functional ovarian tumour (OTU)-like deubiquitylating enzyme (DUB), as is the 98K produced during viral infection. We also demonstrate that 98K mediates in-vivo deubiquitylation of TYMV RdRp protein—its binding partner within replication complexes—leading to its stabilization. Finally, we show that this DUB activity contributes to viral infectivity in plant cells. The identification of viral RdRp as a specific substrate of the viral DUB enzyme thus reveals the intricate interplay between ubiquitylation, deubiquitylation and the interaction between viral proteins in controlling levels of RdRp and viral infectivity.
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- Mélanie Chenon
- Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, CNRS-Univ Paris Diderot, Institut Jacques Monod, Cell Biology Department, UMR 7592, Paris, France
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Genomic and biological characterization of chiltepín yellow mosaic virus, a new tymovirus infecting Capsicum annuum var. aviculare in Mexico. Arch Virol 2010; 155:675-84. [PMID: 20229325 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-010-0639-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2009] [Accepted: 02/24/2010] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The characterization of viruses infecting wild plants is a key step towards understanding the ecology of plant viruses. In this work, the complete genomic nucleotide sequence of a new tymovirus species infecting chiltepin, the wild ancestor of Capsicum annuum pepper crops, in Mexico was determined, and its host range has been explored. The genome of 6,517 nucleotides has the three open reading frames described for tymoviruses, putatively encoding an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, a movement protein and a coat protein. The 5' and 3' untranslated regions have structures with typical signatures of the tymoviruses. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that this new virus is closely related to the other tymoviruses isolated from solanaceous plants. Its host range is mainly limited to solanaceous species, which notably include cultivated Capsicum species. In the latter, infection resulted in a severe reduction of growth, indicating the potential of this virus to be a significant crop pathogen. The name of chiltepin yellow mosaic virus (ChiYMV) is proposed for this new tymovirus.
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Tzanetakis IE, Tsai CH, Martin RR, Dreher TW. A tymovirus with an atypical 3'-UTR illuminates the possibilities for 3'-UTR evolution. Virology 2009; 392:238-45. [PMID: 19664793 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2009.06.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2009] [Revised: 06/19/2009] [Accepted: 06/24/2009] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We report the complete genome sequence of Dulcamara mottle virus (DuMV), confirming its membership within the Tymovirus genus, which was previously based on physical and pathology evidence. The 5'-untranslated region (UTR) and coding region of DuMV RNA have the typical characteristics of tymoviral RNAs. In contrast, the 3'-UTR is the longest and most unusual yet reported for a tymovirus, possessing an internal poly(A) tract, lacking a 3'-tRNA-like structure (TLS) and terminating at the 3'-end with -UUC instead of the typical -CC(A). An expressible cDNA clone was constructed and shown to be capable of producing infectious DuMV genomic RNAs with -UUC 3'-termini. A chimeric Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) genome bearing the DuMV 3'-UTR in place of the normal TLS was constructed in order to investigate the ability of the TYMV replication proteins to amplify RNAs with -UUC instead of -CC(A) 3'-termini. The chimeric genome was shown to be capable of replication and systemic spread in plants, although amplification was very limited. These experiments suggest the way in which DuMV may have evolved from a typical tymovirus, and illuminate the ways in which viral 3'-UTRs in general can evolve.
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Sabanadzovic S, Ghanem-Sabanadzovic NA, Gorbalenya AE. Permutation of the active site of putative RNA-dependent RNA polymerase in a newly identified species of plant alpha-like virus. Virology 2009; 394:1-7. [PMID: 19793602 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2009.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2009] [Revised: 06/05/2009] [Accepted: 08/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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To direct the genome synthesis, RNA viruses without a DNA stage in the replication cycle use RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). All RdRps have conserved right hand-like shape that includes characteristic A-->B-->C sequence motifs forming the active site. Recently, the structural permutation of the RdRp active site (C-->A-->B) has been described in few double-stranded RNA birnaviruses and a subset of positive-stranded RNA tetraviruses distantly related to Picorna-like viruses. Here we describe a permuted RdRp in the newly identified plant alpha-like virus with 6.5 kb-long polyadenylated genome, dubbed Grapevine virus Q (GVQ). The multi-domain layout and sequence similarities place GVQ into the genus Marafivirus of the family Tymoviridae. In contrast to other tymovirids, GVQ has 21 amino acid residues corresponding to the motif C relocated upstream of the motif A in the putative RdRp. This unique sequence characteristic was extensively verified and identified in several GVQ isolates infecting wild and cultivated Vitis and Rubus spp.
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- Sead Sabanadzovic
- Department of Entomology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA.
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Stephan D, Siddiqua M, Ta Hoang A, Engelmann J, Winter S, Maiss E. Complete nucleotide sequence and experimental host range of Okra mosaic virus. Virus Genes 2007; 36:231-40. [PMID: 18049886 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-007-0181-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2007] [Accepted: 11/21/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Okra mosaic virus (OkMV) is a tymovirus infecting members of the family Malvaceae. Early infections in okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) lead to yield losses of 12-19.5%. Besides intensive biological characterizations of OkMV only minor molecular data were available. Therefore, we determined the complete nucleotide sequence of a Nigerian isolate of OkMV. The complete genomic RNA (gRNA) comprises 6,223 nt and its genome organization showed three major ORFs coding for a putative movement protein (MP) of M r 73.1 kDa, a large replication-associated protein (RP) of M r 202.4 kDa and a coat protein (CP) of M r 19.6 kDa. Prediction of secondary RNA structures showed three hairpin structures with internal loops in the 5'-untranslated region (UTR) and a 3'-terminal tRNA-like structure (TLS) which comprises the anticodon for valine, typical for a member of the genus Tymovirus. Phylogenetic comparisons based on the RP, MP and CP amino acid sequences showed the close relationship of OkMV not only to other completely sequenced tymoviruses like Kennedya yellow mosaic virus (KYMV), Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) and Erysimum latent virus (ErLV), but also to Calopogonium yellow vein virus (CalYVV), Clitoria yellow vein virus (CYVV) and Desmodium yellow mottle virus (DYMoV). This is the first report of a complete OkMV genome sequence from one of the various OkMV isolates originating from West Africa described so far. Additionally, the experimental host range of OkMV including several Nicotiana species was determined.
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- Dirk Stephan
- Institute of Plant Diseases and Plant Protection, Leibniz University Hannover, Herrenhaeuser Str. 2, 30419 Hannover, Germany.
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Rawlings ND, Morton FR. The MEROPS batch BLAST: a tool to detect peptidases and their non-peptidase homologues in a genome. Biochimie 2007; 90:243-59. [PMID: 17980477 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2007.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2007] [Accepted: 09/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Many of the 181 families of peptidases contain homologues that are known to have functions other than peptide bond hydrolysis. Distinguishing an active peptidase from a homologue that is not a peptidase requires specialist knowledge of the important active site residues, because replacement or lack of one of these catalytic residues is an important clue that the homologue in question is unlikely to hydrolyse peptide bonds. Now that the rate at which proteins are characterized is outstripped by the rate that genome sequences are determined, many genes are being incorrectly annotated because only sequence similarity is taken into consideration. We present a tool called the MEROPS batch BLAST which not only performs a comparison against the MEROPS sequence collection, but also does a pair-wise alignment with the closest homologue detected and calculates the position of the active site residues. A non-peptidase homologue can be distinguished by the absence or unacceptable replacement of any of these residues. An analysis of peptidase homologues in the genome of the bacterium Erythrobacter litoralis is presented as an example.
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- Neil D Rawlings
- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SA, UK.
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Jakubiec A, Drugeon G, Camborde L, Jupin I. Proteolytic processing of turnip yellow mosaic virus replication proteins and functional impact on infectivity. J Virol 2007; 81:11402-12. [PMID: 17686855 PMCID: PMC2045563 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01428-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV), a positive-strand RNA virus belonging to the alphavirus-like supergroup, encodes its nonstructural replication proteins as a 206K precursor with domains indicative of methyltransferase (MT), proteinase (PRO), NTPase/helicase (HEL), and polymerase (POL) activities. Subsequent processing of 206K generates a 66K protein encompassing the POL domain and uncharacterized 115K and 85K proteins. Here, we demonstrate that TYMV proteinase mediates an additional cleavage between the PRO and HEL domains of the polyprotein, generating the 115K protein and a 42K protein encompassing the HEL domain that can be detected in plant cells using a specific antiserum. Deletion and substitution mutagenesis experiments and sequence comparisons indicate that the scissile bond is located between residues Ser879 and Gln880. The 85K protein is generated by a host proteinase and is likely to result from nonspecific proteolytic degradation occurring during protein sample extraction or analysis. We also report that TYMV proteinase has the ability to process substrates in trans in vivo. Finally, we examined the processing of the 206K protein containing native, mutated, or shuffled cleavage sites and analyzed the effects of cleavage mutations on viral infectivity and RNA synthesis by performing reverse-genetics experiments. We present evidence that PRO/HEL cleavage is critical for productive virus infection and that the impaired infectivity of PRO/HEL cleavage mutants is due mainly to defective synthesis of positive-strand RNA.
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- Anna Jakubiec
- Institut Jacques Monod, 2 Place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Villanueva RA, Rouillé Y, Dubuisson J. Interactions between virus proteins and host cell membranes during the viral life cycle. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 245:171-244. [PMID: 16125548 PMCID: PMC7112339 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(05)45006-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The structure and function of cells are critically dependent on membranes, which not only separate the interior of the cell from its environment but also define the internal compartments. It is therefore not surprising that the major steps of the life cycle of viruses of animals and plants also depend on cellular membranes. Indeed, interactions of viral proteins with host cell membranes are important for viruses to enter into host cells, replicate their genome, and produce progeny particles. To replicate its genome, a virus first needs to cross the plasma membrane. Some viruses can also modify intracellular membranes of host cells to create a compartment in which genome replication will take place. Finally, some viruses acquire an envelope, which is derived either from the plasma membrane or an internal membrane of the host cell. This paper reviews recent findings on the interactions of viral proteins with host cell membranes during the viral life cycle.
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- Rodrigo A Villanueva
- CNRS-UPR2511, Institut de Biologie de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, 59021 Lille Cedex, France
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Koenig R, Pleij CWA, Lesemann DE, Loss S, Vetten HJ. Molecular characterization of isolates of anagyris vein yellowing virus, plantago mottle virus and scrophularia mottle virus – comparison of various approaches for tymovirus classification. Arch Virol 2005; 150:2325-38. [PMID: 15883655 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-005-0545-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2005] [Accepted: 03/08/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The complete nucleotide sequences were determined for the genomic RNAs of three tymoviruses, i.e. isolates of anagyris vein yellowing virus (AVYV), plantago mottle virus (PlMoV) and scrophularia mottle virus (SrMV) which are all serologically closely related to ononis yellow mosaic virus (ibid) and to Nemesia ring necrosis virus (NeRNV), a recently described recombinant virus which is widely spread in commercially grown ornamental plant species belonging to the Scrophulariaceae. Total nucleotide and coat protein amino acid sequence identities revealed similar groupings in the genus tymovirus as serological studies did. The latter, however, tended to suggest much closer relationships than the molecular data and may fail to recognise the distinctiveness of new tymovirus species. The usefulness of various species demarcation criteria for the classification of tymoviruses is discussed.
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- R Koenig
- Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Institut für Pflanzenvirologie, Mikrobiologie und Biologische Sicherheit, Braunschweig, Germany.
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Dreher TW. Turnip yellow mosaic virus: transfer RNA mimicry, chloroplasts and a C-rich genome. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2004; 5:367-75. [PMID: 20565613 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2004.00236.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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SUMMARY Taxonomy: Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) is the type species of the genus Tymovirus, family Tymoviridae. TYMV is a positive strand RNA virus of the alphavirus-like supergroup. Physical properties: Virions are non-enveloped 28-nm T = 3 icosahedrons composed of a single 20-kDa coat protein that is clustered in 20 hexameric and 12 pentameric subunits. Infectious particles and empty capsids coexist in infected tissue. The genomic RNA is 6.3 kb long, with a 5'(m7)GpppG cap and a 3' untranslated region ending in a tRNA-like structure to which valine can be covalently added. The genome has a distinctive skewed C-rich, G-poor composition (39% C, 17% G). Viral proteins: Two proteins, whose open reading frames extensively overlap, are translated from the genomic RNA. p206, which contains sequences indicative of RNA capping, NTPase/helicase and polymerase activities, is the only viral protein that is necessary for genome replication in single cells. It is produced as a polyprotein and self-cleaved to yield 141- and 66-kDa proteins. p69 is required for virus movement within the plant and is also a suppressor of gene silencing. The coat protein is expressed from the single subgenomic RNA. Hosts and symptoms: TYMV has a narrow host range almost completely restricted to the Cruciferae. Experimental host species are Brassica pekinensis (Chinese cabbage) or B. rapa (turnip), in which diffuse chlorotic local lesions and systemic yellow mosaic symptoms appear. Arabidopsis thaliana can also be used. Clumping of chloroplasts and the accumulation of vesicular invaginations of the chloroplast outer membranes are distinctive cytopathological symptoms. High yields of virus are produced in all leaf tissues, and the virus is readily transmissible by mechanical inoculation. Localized transmission by flea beetles may occur in the field.
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- Theo W Dreher
- Department of Microbiology and Center for Gene Research and Biotechnology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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Jakubiec A, Notaise J, Tournier V, Héricourt F, Block MA, Drugeon G, van Aelst L, Jupin I. Assembly of turnip yellow mosaic virus replication complexes: interaction between the proteinase and polymerase domains of the replication proteins. J Virol 2004; 78:7945-57. [PMID: 15254167 PMCID: PMC446095 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.15.7945-7957.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2004] [Accepted: 03/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV), a positive-strand RNA virus in the alphavirus-like supergroup, encodes two nonstructural replication proteins (140K and 66K), both of which are required for its RNA genome replication. The 140K protein contains domains indicative of methyltransferase, proteinase, and NTPase/helicase activities, while the 66K protein encompasses the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase domain. Recruitment of the 66K protein to the sites of viral replication, located at the periphery of chloroplasts, is dependent upon the expression of the 140K protein. Using antibodies raised against the 140K and 66K proteins and confocal microscopy, we report the colocalization of the TYMV replication proteins at the periphery of chloroplasts in transfected or infected cells. The replication proteins cofractionated in functional replication complexes or with purified chloroplast envelope membranes prepared from infected plants. Using a two-hybrid system and coimmunoprecipitation experiments, we also provide evidence for a physical interaction of the TYMV replication proteins. In contrast to what has been found for other members of the alphavirus-like supergroup, the interaction domains were mapped to the proteinase domain of the 140K protein and to a large region encompassing the core polymerase domain within the 66K protein. Coexpression and colocalization experiments confirmed that the helicase domain of the 140K protein is unnecessary for the proper recruitment of the 66K protein to the chloroplast envelope, while the proteinase domain appears to be essential for that process. These results support a novel model for the interaction of TYMV replication proteins and suggest that viruses in the alphavirus-like supergroup may have selected different pathways to assemble their replication complexes.
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- Anna Jakubiec
- Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS-Universités Paris 6-Paris 7, 2 Place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Prod'homme D, Jakubiec A, Tournier V, Drugeon G, Jupin I. Targeting of the turnip yellow mosaic virus 66K replication protein to the chloroplast envelope is mediated by the 140K protein. J Virol 2003; 77:9124-35. [PMID: 12915529 PMCID: PMC187420 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.17.9124-9135.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2003] [Accepted: 05/09/2003] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV), a positive-strand RNA virus in the alphavirus-like superfamily, encodes two replication proteins, 140K and 66K, both being required for its RNA genome replication. The 140K protein contains domains indicative of methyltransferase, proteinase, and NTPase/helicase, and the 66K protein encompasses the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase domain. During viral infection, the 66K protein localizes to virus-induced chloroplastic membrane vesicles, which are closely associated with TYMV RNA replication. To investigate the determinants of its subcellular localization, the 66K protein was expressed in plant protoplasts from separate plasmids. Green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion and immunofluorescence experiments demonstrated that the 66K protein displayed a cytoplasmic distribution when expressed individually but that it was relocated to the chloroplast periphery under conditions in which viral replication occurred. The 66K protein produced from an expression vector was functional in viral replication since it could transcomplement a defective replication template. Targeting of the 66K protein to the chloroplast envelope in the course of the viral infection appeared to be solely dependent on the expression of the 140K protein. Analysis of the subcellular localization of the 140K protein fused to GFP demonstrated that it is targeted to the chloroplast envelope in the absence of other viral factors and that it induces the clumping of the chloroplasts, one of the typical cytological effects of TYMV infection. These results suggests that the 140K protein is a key organizer of the assembly of the TYMV replication complexes and a major determinant for their chloroplastic localization and retention.
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- Delphine Prod'homme
- Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592, CNRS-Universités Paris 6-Paris 7, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Drugeon G, Jupin I. Stability in vitro of the 69K movement protein of Turnip yellow mosaic virus is regulated by the ubiquitin-mediated proteasome pathway. J Gen Virol 2002; 83:3187-3197. [PMID: 12466497 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-83-12-3187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Plant viruses move to adjacent cells with the use of virus-encoded cell-to-cell movement proteins. Using proteins produced by in vitro translation, we present evidence that the '69K' movement protein of Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) is recognized as a substrate for the attachment of polyubiquitin chains and for subsequent rapid and selective proteolysis by the proteasome, the ATP-dependent proteolytic system present in reticulocyte lysate. Truncation of the 69K protein suggests the existence of two degradation signals within its sequence. We propose that selective degradation of virus movement proteins may contribute to the previously reported transient nature of their accumulation during infection.
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- Gabrièle Drugeon
- Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592, CNRS - Universités Paris 6-Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France1
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- Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592, CNRS - Universités Paris 6-Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France1
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Vives MC, Galipienso L, Navarro L, Moreno P, Guerri J. The nucleotide sequence and genomic organization of Citrus leaf blotch virus: candidate type species for a new virus genus. Virology 2001; 287:225-33. [PMID: 11504557 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2001.1040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The complete nucleotide sequence of Citrus leaf blotch virus (CLBV) was determined. CLBV genomic RNA (gRNA) has 8747 nt, excluding the 3'-terminal poly(A) tail, and contains three open reading frames (ORFs) and untranslated regions (UTR) of 73 and 541 nucleotides at the 5' and 3' termini, respectively. ORF1 potentially encodes a 227.4-kDa polypeptide, which has methyltransferase, papain-like protease, helicase, and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase motifs. ORF2 encodes a 40.2-kDa polypeptide containing a motif characteristic of cell-to-cell movement proteins. The 40.7-kDa polypeptide encoded by ORF3 was identified as the coat protein. The genome organization of CLBV resembles that of viruses in the genus Trichovirus, but they differ in various aspects: (i) in trichoviruses ORF2 overlaps ORFs 1 and 3, whereas in CLBV, ORFs 2 and 3 are separated and ORFs 1 and 2 overlap in one nucleotide; (ii) CLBV gRNA and CP are larger than those of trichoviruses; and (iii) the CLBV 3' UTR is larger than that of trichoviruses. Phylogenetic comparisons based on CP amino acid signatures clearly separates CLBV from trichoviruses. Also contrasting with trichoviruses, CLBV could not be transmitted to Chenopodium quinoa Willd. Considering these singularities, we propose that CLBV should be included in a new virus genus.
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- M C Vives
- Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Moncada, Valencia, 46113, Spain
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Sabanadzovic S, Ghanem-Sabanadzovic NA, Saldarelli P, Martelli GP. Complete nucleotide sequence and genome organization of Grapevine fleck virus. J Gen Virol 2001; 82:2009-2015. [PMID: 11458008 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-82-8-2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The complete nucleotide sequence of Grapevine fleck virus (GFkV) genomic RNA was determined. The genome is 7564 nt in size, excluding the 3'-terminal poly(A) tail, is characterized by an extremely high cytosine content (ca. 50%), and contains four putative open reading frames and untranslated regions of 291 and 35 nt at the 5' and 3' ends, respectively. ORF 1 potentially encodes a 215.4 kDa polypeptide (p215), which has the conserved motifs of replication-associated proteins of positive-strand RNA viruses. ORF 2 encodes a 24.3 kDa polypeptide (p24) identified as the coat protein. ORFs 3 and 4 are located at the extreme 3' end of the viral genome and encode proline-rich proteins of 31.4 kDa (p31) and 15.9 kDa (p16), respectively, of unknown function. Phylogenetic analysis of the viral replicase and coat protein genes showed that GFkV is related to members of the Tymovirus and Marafivirus genera. Two subgenomic RNAs were present in the GFkV preparations as ascertained by molecular hybridization. The genome organization of GFkV resembles to some extent that of tymoviruses and marafiviruses. However, differences in the biological and epidemiological behaviour, cytopathology and molecular properties (i.e. size of genomic RNA and coat protein, and number of ORFs) support the notion that GFkV is a separate virus belonging in a new genus.
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- Dipartimento di Protezione delle Piante e Microbiologia Applicata, Universitá degli Studi and Centro di Studio del CNR sui Virus e le Virosi delle Colture Mediterranee, Bari, Italy2
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- Dipartimento di Protezione delle Piante e Microbiologia Applicata, Universitá degli Studi and Centro di Studio del CNR sui Virus e le Virosi delle Colture Mediterranee, Bari, Italy2
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Hammond RW, Ramirez P. Molecular characterization of the genome of Maize rayado fino virus, the type member of the genus Marafivirus. Virology 2001; 282:338-47. [PMID: 11289816 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2001.0859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The complete nucleotide sequence of the single-stranded RNA genome of Maize rayado fino virus (MRFV), the type member of the genus Marafivirus, is 6305 nucleotides (nts) in length and contains two putative open reading frames (ORFs). The largest ORF (nt 97-6180) encodes a polyprotein of 224 kDa with sequence similarities at its N-terminus to the replication-associated proteins of other viruses with positive-strand RNA genomes and to the papainlike protease domain found in tymoviruses. The C-terminus of the 224-kDa ORF also encodes the MRFV capsid protein. A smaller, overlapping ORF (nt 302-1561) encodes a putative protein of 43 kDa with unknown function but with limited sequence similarities to putative movement proteins of tymoviruses. The nucleotide sequence and proposed genome expression strategy of MRFV is most closely related to that of oat blue dwarf virus (OBDV). Unlike OBDV, MRFV RNA does not appear to contain a poly(A) tail, and it encodes a putative second overlapping open reading frame.
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- R W Hammond
- Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA.
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Prod'homme D, Le Panse S, Drugeon G, Jupin I. Detection and subcellular localization of the turnip yellow mosaic virus 66K replication protein in infected cells. Virology 2001; 281:88-101. [PMID: 11222099 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) encodes a 206-kDa (206K) polyprotein with domains of methyltransferase, proteinase, NTPase/helicase, and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). In vitro, the 206K protein has been shown to undergo proteolytic processing, giving rise to the synthesis of 140-kDa (140K) and 66-kDa (66K) proteins, the latter comprising the RdRp protein domain. Antibodies were raised against the 66K protein and were used to detect the corresponding viral protein in infected cells; both leaf tissues and protoplasts were examined. The antiserum specifically recognized a protein of approximately 66 kDa, indicating that the cleavage observed in vitro is also functional in vivo. The 66K protein accumulates transiently during protoplast infection and localizes to cellular membrane fractions. Indirect immunofluorescence assays and electron microscopy of immunogold-decorated ultrathin sections of infected leaf tissue using anti-66K-specific antibody revealed labeling of membrane vesicles located at the chloroplast envelope.
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- D Prod'homme
- Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592, CNRS, Universités Paris 6-Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Schirawski J, Voyatzakis A, Zaccomer B, Bernardi F, Haenni AL. Identification and functional analysis of the turnip yellow mosaic tymovirus subgenomic promoter. J Virol 2000; 74:11073-80. [PMID: 11070002 PMCID: PMC113187 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.23.11073-11080.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Most plant viruses rely on the production of subgenomic RNAs (sgRNAs) for the expression of their genes and survival in the plant. Although this is a widely adopted strategy among viruses, the mechanism(s) whereby sgRNA production occurs remains poorly defined. Turnip yellow mosaic tymovirus (TYMV) is a positive-stranded RNA virus that produces an sgRNA for the expression of its coat protein. Here we report that the subgenomic promoter sequence of TYMV is located on a 494-nucleotide fragment, containing previously identified highly conserved sequence elements, which are shown here to be essential for promoter function. After duplication, the subgenomic promoter can be inserted into the coat protein open reading frame, giving rise to the in vivo production of a second sgRNA. It is suggested that this promoter can function when contained on a different molecule than viral genomic RNA. This interesting trait may be of general use for plant and plant virus research.
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- J Schirawski
- Institut Jacques Monod, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France.
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Bernal JJ, Jiménez I, Moreno M, Hord M, Rivera C, Koenig R, Rodríguez-Cerezo E. Chayote mosaic virus, a New Tymovirus Infecting Cucurbitaceae. PHYTOPATHOLOGY® 2000; 90:1098-104. [PMID: 18944472 DOI: 10.1094/phyto.2000.90.10.1098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Chayote mosaic virus (ChMV) is a putative tymovirus isolated from chayote crops in Costa Rica. ChMV was characterized at the host range, serological, and molecular levels. ChMV was transmitted mechanically and induced disease symptoms mainly in Cucurbitaceae hosts. Asymptomatic infections were detected in other host families. Serologically, ChMV is related to the Andean potato latent virus (APLV) and the Eggplant mosaic virus (EMV), both members of the genus Tymovirus infecting solanaceous hosts in the Caribbean Basin and South America. The sequence of the genomic RNA of ChMV was determined and its genetic organization was typical of tymoviruses. Comparisons with other tymoviral sequences showed that ChMV was a new member of the genus Tymovirus. The phylogenetic analyses of the coat protein gene were consistent with serological comparisons and positioned ChMV within a cluster of tymoviruses infecting mainly cucurbit or solanaceous hosts, including APLV and EMV. Phylogenetic analyses of the replicase protein gene confirmed the close relationship of ChMV and EMV. Our results suggest that ChMV is related to two tymoviruses (APLV and EMV) of proximal geographical provenance but with different natural host ranges. ChMV is the first cucurbit-infecting tymovirus to be fully characterized at the genomic level.
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Bradel BG, Preil W, Jeske H. Sequence analysis and genome organisation of poinsettia mosaic virus (PnMV) reveal closer relationship to marafiviruses than to tymoviruses. Virology 2000; 271:289-97. [PMID: 10860883 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sequence comparison and genome organisation of poinsettia mosaic virus (PnMV), a putative member of the tymoviruses, revealed a closer relationship to marafiviruses. The complete nucleotide sequence of PnMV was determined. The 6099-nt RNA genome encodes a putative 221-kDa polyprotein that lacks a stop codon between the replicase and the coat protein genes, as in most tymovirus RNAs. The genomic RNA has a poly(A) tail at its 3'-terminus in contrast to the tRNA-like structure found in the RNA of most tymoviruses, and no homology was observed to the conserved noncoding region of the tymoviral 3'-termini. The tymobox of PnMV, a 16-nt region of the subgenomic RNA (sgRNA) promoter shared by most tymoviruses, differs in 3 nt from the RNA sequence of tymoviruses but is identical to the sequence of marafiviruses. At least three sgRNAs were found in PnMV-infected Euphorbia pulcherrima and in isolated PnMV particles; one that is 650 nt long encodes the 21.4-kDa coat protein, and the others are about 3.5 and 1.7 kb and contain the 5'- and the 3'-terminal parts of genomic RNA, respectively. Like tymoviruses, PnMV particles sediment as top and bottom components. The particles of the top component contain the sgRNA (650 nt) encoding the coat protein, and those of bottom component contain both genomic and sgRNAs.
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- B G Bradel
- Biologisches Institut, Abt. für Molekularbiologie und Virologie der Pflanzen, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
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Proteinases Involved in Plant Virus Genome Expression. PROTEASES OF INFECTIOUS AGENTS 1999. [PMCID: PMC7271178 DOI: 10.1016/b978-012420510-9/50037-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This chapter discusses the proteinases involved in plant virus genome expression. The chapter focuses on virus-encoded proteinases. It gives an overall view of the use of proteolytic processing by different plant virus groups for the expression of their genomes. It also discusses that the development of full-length cDNA clones from which infectious transcripts can be produced either in vitro or in vivo, has facilitated the functional analysis of the plant virus proteinases. In spite of the high specificity of the viral proteinases, cellular substrates for animal virus proteinases have been described in this chapter. The activity of the viral proteinases can interfere with important cellular processes to favor virus replication. The recent use of proteinase inhibitors in AIDS therapy has emphasized the convenience of virus-encoded proteinases as targets of antiviral action. A mutant protein able to inhibit the activity of the TEV proteinase by manipulation of the α2-macroglobulin bait region was designed by Van Rompaey.
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Edwards MC, Zhang Z, Weiland JJ. Oat blue dwarf marafivirus resembles the tymoviruses in sequence, genome organization, and expression strategy. Virology 1997; 232:217-29. [PMID: 9185605 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The complete nucleotide sequence and genome organization of oat blue dwarf marafivirus (OBDV) were determined. The 6509 nucleotide RNA genome encodes a putative 227-kDa polyprotein (p227) with sequence motifs similar to the methyltransferase, papain-like protease, helicase, and polymerase motifs present in the nonstructural proteins of other positive strand RNA viruses. The 3' end of the open reading frame (ORF) that encodes p227 (ORF 227) also encodes the two capsid proteins: a 24-kDa capsid protein is presumably cleaved from the p227 polyprotein, whereas the 21-kDa capsid protein appears to be translated from a subgenomic RNA (sgRNA). Encoded amino acid and nucleotide sequence comparisons, as well as the OBDV genome expression strategy, show that OBDV closely resembles the tymoviruses. OBDV differs from the tymoviruses in its general biology, in its lack of a putative movement gene that overlaps the replication-associated genes, and in its fusion of the capsid gene sequences to the major ORF. OBDV also possesses a 3' poly(A) tail, as compared to the tRNA-like structures found in most tymoviral genomes. Due to the strong similarities in genome sequence and expression strategy, OBDV, and presumably the other marafiviruses, should be considered a member of the tymovirus lineage of the alpha-like plant viruses.
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- M C Edwards
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Northern Crop Science Laboratory, Fargo, North Dakota 58105-5677, USA.
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Deiman BA, Séron K, Jaspars EM, Pleij CW. Efficient transcription of the tRNA-like structure of turnip yellow mosaic virus by a template-dependent and specific viral RNA polymerase obtained by a new procedure [corrected]. J Virol Methods 1997; 64:181-95. [PMID: 9079764 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-0934(96)02166-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) of turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) was isolated by a simple, new method. An active, template-dependent and specific enzyme was obtained. Although the genomic RNA of TYMV could not be transcribed completely during an in vitro RdRp assay, a complete double-stranded product was obtained when a 3' terminal RNA fragment of 83 nucleotides was used as a template. The reaction product was identified as being of negative polarity by complete digestion with ribonuclease T1. Antibodies directed to part of the N-terminal (Ab140) or C-terminal (Ab66) in vitro autocleavage products of the large non-structural polyprotein of TYMV, could both partially inhibit RdRp activity. Further purification of the RdRp preparation by ion-exchange chromatography resulted in two activity peaks with different protein compositions. Both peak fractions retained high specificity for transcription of TYMV RNA. A protein of approximately 115 kDa was detected by both Ab140 and Ab66.
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- B A Deiman
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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Kadaré G, David C, Haenni AL. ATPase, GTPase, and RNA binding activities associated with the 206-kilodalton protein of turnip yellow mosaic virus. J Virol 1996; 70:8169-74. [PMID: 8892948 PMCID: PMC190897 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.11.8169-8174.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The 206-kDa protein of turnip yellow mosaic virus belongs to an expanding group of proteins containing a domain which includes the consensus nucleotide binding site GxxxxGKS/T. A portion of this protein (amino acids [aa] 916 to 1259) was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified by affinity chromatography to near homogeneity. In the absence of any other viral factors, it exhibited ATPase and GTPase activities in vitro. A mutant protein with a single amino acid substitution in the consensus nucleotide binding site (Lys-982 to Ser) exhibited only low levels of both activities, implying that Lys-982 is important for nucleoside triphosphatase activity. The protein also possessed nonspecific RNA binding capacity. Deletion mutants revealed that an N-terminal domain (aa 916 to 1061) and a C-terminal domain (aa 1182 to 1259) participate in RNA binding. The results presented here provide the first experimental evidence that turnip yellow mosaic virus encodes nucleoside triphosphatase and RNA binding activities.
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- G Kadaré
- Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France
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Maia IG, Séron K, Haenni AL, Bernardi F. Gene expression from viral RNA genomes. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 32:367-391. [PMID: 8980488 DOI: 10.1007/bf00039391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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This review is centered on the major strategies used by plant RNA viruses to produce the proteins required for virus multiplication. The strategies at the level of transcription presented here are synthesis of mRNA or subgenomic RNAs from viral RNA templates, and 'cap-snatching'. At the level of translation, several strategies have been evolved by viruses at the steps of initiation, elongation and termination. At the initiation step, the classical scanning mode is the most frequent strategy employed by viruses; however in a vast number of cases, leaky scanning of the initiation complex allows expression of more than one protein from the same RNA sequence. During elongation, frameshift allows the formation of two proteins differing in their carboxy terminus. At the termination step, suppression of termination produces a protein with an elongated carboxy terminus. The last strategy that will be described is co- and/or post-translational cleavage of a polyprotein precursor by virally encoded proteinases. Most (+)-stranded RNA viruses utilize a combination of various strategies.
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- I G Maia
- Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France
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Gorbalenya AE, Snijder EJ. Viral cysteine proteinases. PERSPECTIVES IN DRUG DISCOVERY AND DESIGN : PD3 1996; 6:64-86. [PMID: 32288276 PMCID: PMC7104566 DOI: 10.1007/bf02174046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/1996] [Accepted: 06/13/1996] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dozens of novel cysteine proteinases have been identified in positive single-stranded RNA viruses and, for the first time, in large double-stranded DNA viruses. The majority of these proteins are distantly related to papain or chymotrypsin and may be direct descendants of primordial proteolytic enzymes. Virus genome synthesis and expression, virion formation, virion entry into the host cell, as well as cellular architecture and functioning can be under the control of viral cysteine proteinases during infection. RNA virus proteinases mediate their liberation from giant multidomain precursors in which they tend to occupy conserved positions. These proteinases possess a narrow substrate specificity, can cleave in cis and in trans, and may also have additional, nonproteolytic functions. The mechanisms of catalysis, substrate recognition and RNA binding were highlighted by the recent analysis of the three-dimensional structure of the chymotrypsin-like cysteine proteinases of two RNA viruses.
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- Alexander E Gorbalenya
- 1M.P. Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, 142782 Moscow Region
- 2A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russia
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- 3Department of Virology, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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