title: Poliovirus 2Apro expression inhibits growth of yeast cells.
abstract: Poliovirus encodes two proteases, 2Apro and 3Cpro that participate in the processing of the viral polyprotein and cleave a number of host proteins. Both proteases have been cloned and expressed in an inducible manner in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells. The expression of 2Apro, but not 3Cpro, was highly toxic for yeast cells such that growth was arrested after 5 h of induction and cell survival sharply declined. Cellular morphology was profoundly modified by expression of poliovirus 2Apro, in such a way that electron dense granules and autophagosomic bodies arise in the cytoplasm. Experiments aimed at defining the yeast function affected by 2Apro suggested that translation was not the target of protease toxicity, but showed that RNA synthesis was profoundly blocked.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Biologia Molecular (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Canto Blanco, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barco
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carrasco
mesh_terms: D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005690:Galactose; D005947:Glucose; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000201:enzymology*; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D014764:Viral Proteins
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D014764:Viral Proteins; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; C057400:picornain 2A, Picornavirus; D005947:Glucose; D005690:Galactose