Journal
VIROLOGY
Volume 397, Issue 2, Pages 358-368Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2009.11.010
Keywords
Tomato bushy stunt virus; Yeast; Tobacco; Nicotiana benthamiana; ESCRT; Ubiquitin; Replication; RNA
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- NIH-NIAID [5R21A1072170-02]
- Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Centerat the University of Kentucky
- Spanish Ministry of Education and Science
- Direct For Biological Sciences [0817790] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems [0817790] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Post-translational modifications of viral replication proteins could be widespread phenomena during the replication of plus-stranded RNA viruses. In this article, we identify two lysines in the tombusvirus p33 replication co-factor involved in ubiquitination and show that the same lysines are also important for the p33 to interact with the host Vps23p ESCRT-I factor. We find that the interaction of p33 with Vps23p is also affected by a late-domain-like sequence in p33. The combined mutations of the two lysines and the late-domain-like sequences in p33 reduced replication of a replicon RNA of Tomoto bushy stunt virus in yeast model host. in plant protoplasts, and plant leaves, suggesting that p33-Vps23p ESCRT protein interaction affects tombusvirus replication. Using ubiquitin-mimicking p33 chimeras, we demonstrate that high level of p33 ubiquitination is inhibitory for TBSV replication. These findings argue that optimal level of p33 ubiquitination plays a regulatory role during tombusvirus infections. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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