title: Characterization of the antiapoptotic (p35) gene homologue of Spodoptera litura nucleopolyhedrosis virus (SlNPV).
abstract: Antiapoptotic genes of baculoviruses have been shown to prevent virus induced apoptosis in insect cells. Dot blot and Southern hybridizations of EcoRI genomic library and genomic digests of Spodoptera litura nucleopolyhedrosis virus (SlNPV) respectively give strong hybridization signals with antiapoptotic DNA (p35 gene) probe of the prototype Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrosis virus (AcNPV). Both the hybridizations indicate the presence of a homologous gene in the 1.8 kb EcoRI-Y fragment of SlNPV. The sequence of 1.244 kb region of this fragment encompasses an open reading frame coding for a polypeptide of 296 amino acids under sequential early (TATA) and late (TAAG) promoter motifs like that in other baculovirus p35 genes. The putative SlNPV p35 ORF expresses abundantly as a 35 kDa protein in Spodopterafrugiperda (Sf9) cells when allowed to express under the polyhedrin promoter of AcNPV.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biochemical Technology, Delhi University, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shanker
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Rawat
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line / Q000821:virology; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005814:Genes, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D007313:Insecta / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017924:Nucleopolyhedroviruses / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D018411:Spodoptera / Q000821:virology; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C086430:inhibitor of apoptosis, Nucleopolyhedrovirus