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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
Volume 81, Issue 23, Pages 13209-13217Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01415-06
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- NCRR NIH HHS [S10 RR015804, RR015804, RR001614, RR012961, P41 RR001614] Funding Source: Medline
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During the late stages of adenovirus infection, the 100K protein (100K) inhibits the translation of cellular messages in the cytoplasm and regulates hexon trimerization and assembly in the nucleus. However, it is not known how it switches between these two functions. Here we show that 100K is methylated on arginine residues at its C terminus during infection and that this region is necessary for binding PRMT1 methylase. Methylated 100K is exclusively nuclear. Mutation of the third RGG motif (amino acids 741 to 743) prevents localization to the nucleus during infection, suggesting that methyllation of that sequence is important for 100K shuttling. Treatment of infected cells with methylation inhibitors inhibits expression of late structural proteins. These data suggest that arginine methylation of 100K is necessary for its localization to the nucleus and is a critical cellular function necessary for productive adenovirus infection.
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