title: Hypothesis on particle structure and assembly of rice dwarf phytoreovirus: interactions among multiple structural proteins.
abstract: To study the morphogenesis and packaging of rice dwarf phytoreovirus (RDV), the interactions among multiple structural proteins were analysed using both the yeast two-hybrid system and far-Western blotting analysis. The following protein-protein interactions were observed. P3 (major core protein) bound to itself as well as to P7 (nucleic acid-binding protein) and P8 (major outer capsid protein). P7 bound to P1 (RNA-dependent RNA polymerase) and P8, in addition to P3. Based on these findings, we hypothesize that the core shell structure is based on P3-P3 interactions and that P7 has the ability to bind to multiple structural proteins as well as to genomic RNAs during viral particle assembly. Based on the observed protein-protein interactions and on computer-aided analysis of the numbers of structural proteins per particle, possible RDV assembly events are proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agrobiology and Bioresources, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Masuta
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Uyeda
mesh_terms: D008958:Models, Molecular; D012275:Oryza / Q000821:virology*; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015678:Viral Structural Proteins