The baculovirus 10-kDa protein.
The baculovirus 10-kDa protein.
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DOI:
10.1006/jipa.1997.4675
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发表时间:
1997-07
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
M. V. van Oers;J. Vlak
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作者:
M. V. van Oers;J. Vlak
The Baculoviridae are a family of rod-shaped (baculum 5 rod), enveloped, double-stranded DNA viruses with a circular, supercoiled genome varying in size between 90 and 160 kb (Murphy et al., 1995). The family is divided into two genera, nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) and granulovirus (GV). The virus replication cycle is biphasic resulting in the production of two types of progeny. One is destined to be occluded in protein matrices (occlusion derived virus, ODV), while the other buds out of the cell and disseminates infection in susceptible larval tissue (budded virus, BV). The occlusion bodies are large polyhedral-shaped proteinaceous bodies, which consist mainly of polyhedrin protein and contain many virions. Multiple and single enveloped species are distinguished (MNPV versus SNPV), depending on how many nucleocapsids are present in the occluded virions. The genus GV is characterized by small granular occlusion bodies, containing only a single virion. Baculoviruses cause a fatal disease in arthropods, predominantly insects of the orderLepidoptera. In addition, these viruses have been reported from insect species of the orders Hymenoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, Neuroptera, Trichoptera, and Thysanura, as well as in the Crustaceae orderDecapoda (Murphy et al., 1995). Although baculoviruses have been reported from many species, individual isolates usually have a restricted host range. Baculovirus infections were first described in silkworms, where viral infections had devastating effects on the silk culture with large economic impact (see Benz, 1986, for a historical review). In nature, baculoviruses affect the size of insect populations and therefore considerable attention has been paid to their potential as a viable alternative to wide spectrum chemical insecticides (reviewed byMartignoni and Iwai, 1986). A decade ago the interest in baculoviruses and their molecular biology was fueled by the observation that they could be exploited for the efficient expression of exogenous genes. The high levels of expression of two viral proteins, polyhedrin (30 kDa) and a 10-kDa protein (P10), and the ability of the system to modify the expressed proteins posttranslationally, together with the inherent safety for humans, make this system a very attractive alternative to other higher-eukaryotic expression systems (e.g., vaccinia). Baculoviruses thus have a high profile not only in insect control as an alternative to chemicals, but also as vectors to produce proteins both for fundamental research and for medical and veterinary practices. The broad interest in baculoviruses is reflected in the large number of review papers and books that have been published in recent years, concerning for instance their general biology and ultrastructure (Granados and Federici, 1986; Adams and Bonami, 1991), gene regulation and molecular biology (Friesen and Miller, 1986; Blissard and Rohrmann, 1990), polyhedrin and other structural proteins (Vlak and Rohrmann, 1985; Rohrmann, 1986; Rohrmann, 1992), replication (Kool et al., 1995b), and the broad applications of these viruses as expression vectors (Miller, 1988; Maeda, 1989; Vlak and Keus, 1990; Luckow, 1991). Various manuals for experimental procedures contain a wealth of information (Summers and Smith, 1987; King and Possee, 1992; O’Reilly et al., 1992). An extensive body of literature exists on the structure and function of polyhedrin, but the other major viral protein, P10, has received less attention. This review discusses the structure and function of this NPV-encoded 10-kDa protein and its corresponding gene.