In vitro cleavage at or near the N-terminus of the helper component protein in the tobacco vein mottling virus polyprotein.
In vitro cleavage at or near the N-terminus of the helper component protein in the tobacco vein mottling virus polyprotein.
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烟草静脉斑驳病毒多蛋白中辅助成分蛋白 N 末端或附近的体外裂解。
DOI:
10.1016/0042-6822(91)90543-k
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发表时间:
1991
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Rhoads,RE
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作者:
Mavankal,G;Rhoads,RE
Translation of tobacco vein mottling virus (TVMV) RNA in a wheat germ system resulted in two products that were not observed in a rabbit reticulocyte system. One of these was the N-terminal protein, based on its being the most abundant product and its migration on SDS-PAGE at about 34 kDa. The second product was similar or identical to helper component (HC) isolated from TVMV-infected plants, based on co-migration with HC on SDS-PAGE and immunoprecipitation with anti-HC antibodies. The N-terminus of this product was determined by radiochemical Edman degradation to be Ser-257 of the polyprotein. This assignment was supported by peptide mapping with a tryptophan-specific reagent. A similar cleavage was observed when tobacco etch virus was translated in a wheat germ system. Comparison with homologous regions in five other potyviruses indicated conservation of amino acid residues on both sides of the proposed cleavage site. Conversion of Phe-256 to Met, Pro, Arg, His, or Trp by site-directed mutagenesis of a TVMV RNA transcription template inhibited cleavage in the wheat germ system. These results suggest thatin vitrocleavage occurs between Phe-256 and Ser-257 and that this cleavage is the same as thein vivocleavage which liberates the N-terminus of HC.