Differential proteolytic activities of precursor and mature forms of the 24K proteinase of grapevine fanleaf nepovirus.
Differential proteolytic activities of precursor and mature forms of the 24K proteinase of grapevine fanleaf nepovirus.
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DOI:
10.1006/viro.1994.1165
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发表时间:
1994-04
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
R. Margis;M. Viry;M. Pinck;N. Bardonnet;L. Pinck
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作者:
R. Margis;M. Viry;M. Pinck;N. Bardonnet;L. Pinck
The presence of a genome-linked protein (VPg) at the RNA 5'-end of the genome is a characteristic of different groups of animal and plant positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses. These viruses express their structural and functional proteins from polyproteins that are sequentially processed by at least one viral proteinase. The grapevine fanleaf nepovirus 24K chymotrypsin-like cysteine proteinase, located between the VPg and the RNA polymerase in the RNA-1 encoded polyprotein P1, is active in its free form and in various precursors forms. The VPg proteinase precursor (VPg-Pro) constitutes a stable protein and its maturation in the reticulocyte lysate system occurs at a very low rate. Differences on cleavage activity were observed between the proteinase and its VPg-Pro precursor forms, depending upon the cleavage site considered. The proteinase alone has a greater cleavage efficiency than VPg-Pro at the Arg605/Gly606 and Cys257/Ala258 sites of polyprotein P2. On the other hand, the presumed Cys415/Ala416 site, present at the amino terminus of polyprotein P1, was preferentially cleaved by the VPg-Pro precursor. During their in vitro maturation, proteins containing the VPg proteinase-polymerase coding region or the proteinase-polymerase region were similar in their ability to cleave in cis between the proteinase and the RNA polymerase.