Equine arteritis virus non-structural protein 1, an essential factor for viral subgenomic mRNA synthesis, interacts with the cellular transcription co-factor p100.
Non-structural protein 1 (nsp1), the N-terminal subunit of the replicase polyprotein of the arterivirus Equine arteritis virus (EAV), is essential for viral subgenomic mRNA synthesis, but fully dispensable for genome replication. However, at the molecular level, the role of nsp1 in EAV subgenomic mRNA synthesis is poorly understood. A yeast two-hybrid screen did not reveal interactions between EAV nsp1 and other viral non-structural proteins or the nucleocapsid protein, although both nsp1 and the nucleocapsid protein were found to form homomers. Subsequently, a yeast two-hybrid screen of a HeLa cell cDNA library was performed using nsp1 as bait. Remarkably, this analysis revealed (potential) interactions between EAV nsp1 and factors that are involved in host cell transcriptional regulation. The interaction of nsp1 with one of these proteins, p100, a transcription co-activator that also interacts with regulatory proteins of other viruses, was confirmed by mutual co-immunoprecipitation from lysates of EAV-susceptible mammalian cells.
Tijms
Marieke A
MA
Molecular Virology Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, LUMC E4-P, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
Snijder
Eric J
EJ
Molecular Virology Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, LUMC E4-P, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D007240:Equartevirus / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral; D015534:Trans-Activators; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins