title: Activities associated with the putative replication initiation protein of coconut foliar decay virus, a tentative member of the genus Nanovirus.
abstract: The putative replication initiation protein (Rep) of Coconut foliar decay virus (CFDV) was expressed as a 6x His recombinant protein in E. coli and in recombinant baculovirus. Purified 6x His-Rep protein was demonstrated to possess sequence non-specific RNA- and ssDNA-binding activities as well as magnesium-dependent ATPase/GTPase activity. The yeast two-hybrid system revealed that CFDV Rep could interact with itself. Subcellular distribution of the CFDV Rep was studied by fractionation of insect cells infected with recombinant baculovirus expressing the 6x His-Rep protein and by laser scanning confocal microscopy of Nicotiana benthamiana epidermal cells bombarded with a construct encoding CFDV Rep fused to GFP. It was shown that CFDV Rep associated predominantly with nuclei and membranes of infected/transfected cells. These activities of CFDV-encoded Rep are very similar to those reported for Reps of geminiviruses.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland2.|National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Akadeemia tee 23, EE12618 Tallinn, Estonia1.
authors.forename: Andres
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Merits
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland2.|Department of Virology and A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia3.
authors.forename: Oleg N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Fedorkin
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland2.
authors.forename: Deyin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology and A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia3.
authors.forename: Natalia O
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Kalinina
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology and A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia3.
authors.forename: Sergey Yu
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Morozov
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D003059:Cocos / Q000821:virology*; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004261:DNA Replication; D004267:DNA Viruses / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017791:Geminiviridae / Q000201:enzymology; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D011485:Protein Binding; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018411:Spodoptera; D014026:Nicotiana; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014764:Viral Proteins; C045264:replication initiator protein; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; D004265:DNA Helicases