Functional analysis of bipartite begomovirus coat protein promoter sequences
Functional analysis of bipartite begomovirus coat protein promoter sequences
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DOI:
10.1016/j.virol.2008.03.012
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发表时间:
2008-06-20
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3.7
通讯作者:
Sunter, Garry
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作者:
Lacatus, Gabriela;Sunter, Garry
We demonstrate that the AL2 gene of Cabbage leaf curl virus (CaLCuV) activates the CP promoter in mesophyll and acts to derepress the promoter in vascular tissue, similar to that observed for Tomato golden mosaic virus (TGMV). Binding studies indicate that sequences mediating repression and activation of the TGMV and CaLCuV CP promoter specifically bind different nuclear factors common to Nicotiana benthamiana, spinach and tomato. However, chromatin immunoprecipitation demonstrates that TGMV AL2 can interact with both sequences independently. Binding of nuclear protein(s) from different crop species to viral sequences conserved in both bipartite and monopartite begomoviruses, including TGMV, CaLCuV, Pepper golden mosaic virus and Tomato yellow leaf curl virus suggests that bipartite begomoviruses bind common host factors to regulate the CP promoter. This is consistent with a model in which AL2 interacts with different components of the cellular transcription machinery that bind viral sequences important for repression and activation of begomovirus CP promoters. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.