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EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 29, Issue 11, Pages 1851-1864Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.77
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KSHV; mRNA export; translation
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- Wellcome Trust [086168/Z08/Z]
- BBSRC [BB/F012101/1]
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/F012101/1, BB/D524875/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- BBSRC [BB/D524875/1, BB/F012101/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) expresses numerous intronless mRNAs that are unable to access splicing-dependent cellular mRNA nuclear export pathways. To circumvent this problem, KSHV encodes the open reading frame 57 (ORF57) protein, which orchestrates the formation of an export-competent virus ribonucleoprotein particle comprising the nuclear export complex hTREX, but not the exon-junction complex (EJC). Interestingly, EJCs stimulate mRNA translation, which raises the intriguing question of how intronless KSHV transcripts are efficiently translated. Herein, we show that ORF57 associates with components of the 48S pre-initiation complex and co-sediments with the 40S ribosomal subunits. Strikingly, we observed a direct interaction between ORF57 and PYM, a cellular protein that enhances translation by recruiting the 48S pre-initiation complex to newly exported mRNAs, through an interaction with the EJC. Moreover, detailed biochemical analysis suggests that ORF57 recruits PYM to intronless KSHV mRNA and PYM then facilitates the association of ORF57 and the cellular translation machinery. We, therefore, propose a model whereby ORF57 interacts directly with PYM to enhance translation of intronless KSHV transcripts. The EMBO Journal (2010) 29, 1851-1864. doi:10.1038/emboj.2010.77; Published online 30 April 2010
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