title: Putative 65 kDa protein of beet yellows closterovirus is a homologue of HSP70 heat shock proteins.
abstract: A portion of the RNA genome of beet yellows closterovirus (BYV) has been sequenced encompassing a complete long open reading frame (ORF) potentially encoding a 65 kDa protein. The sequence of this putative protein was strikingly similar to those of HSP70-related heat shock proteins. The counterparts of all the eight segments strongly conserved in HSP70s could be confidently identified in the BYV 65 kDa protein. It is suggested that some of these segments might be the ATP-binding site(s) and that, similarly to the heat shock proteins, the 65 kDa is probably ATP-binding. Generally, however, the divergence between the 65 kDa sequence and the sequences of the HSP70s was much more pronounced than that between any two members of the latter family, allowing a clearer delineation of clusters of conserved residues that might be crucial for protein function. It is suggested that these observations will be helpful in functional dissection of the proteins of the HSP70 family. Analysis of the sequence of a portion of the ORF found upstream from the 65 kDa ORF showed that the C-terminal domain of the encoded protein could be an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase closely related to those of tricornaviruses, a family of RNA plant viruses with three component genomes.
authors.affiliation: A. N. Belozersky Laboratory of Moscow State University, U.S.S.R.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Agranovsky
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Boyko
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Karasev
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Koonin
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Dolja
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000235:genetics*; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate