title: Identification of a 48kDa tubulin or tubulin-like C6/36 mosquito cells protein that binds dengue virus 2 using mass spectrometry.
abstract: Binding of dengue virus 2 (DENV-2) to C6/36 mosquito cells protein was investigated. A 48 kDa DENV-2-binding C6/36 cells protein (D2BP) was detected in a virus overlay protein-binding assay. The binding occurred only to the C6/36 cells cytosolic protein fraction and it was inhibited by free D2BP. D2BP was shown to bind to DENV-2 E in the far-Western-binding studies and using mass spectrometry (MS) and MS/MS, peptide masses of the D2BP that matched to beta-tubulin and alpha-tubulin chains were identified. These findings suggest that DENV-2 through DENV-2 E binds directly to a 48 kDa tubulin or tubulin-like protein of C6/36 mosquito cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Hui-Yee
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Chee
authors.forename: Sazaly
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: AbuBakar
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D009033:Culicidae / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000821:virology*; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000378:metabolism*; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011485:Protein Binding; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods*; D014404:Tubulin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C051821:E-glycoprotein, Dengue virus type 2; D019476:Insect Proteins; D014404:Tubulin; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins