title: Localization of Poa semilatent virus cysteine-rich protein in peroxisomes is dispensable for its ability to suppress RNA silencing.
abstract: Subcellular localization of the Poa semilatent virus cysteine-rich gammab protein was studied by using different approaches. In infected tissue, gammab was detected mainly in the P30 fraction as monomers, dimers and oligomers. Green fluorescent protein-fused gammab was found to localize in punctate bodies in the cytoplasm. Colocalization with marker proteins demonstrated that these bodies represent peroxisomes. Immunoelectron microscopy revealed that gammab was localized in the peroxisomal matrix and that localization of gammab in peroxisomes required the C-terminal signal tripeptide SKL. An SKL-deletion mutant exhibited a diffuse localization, but retained the protein's ability to suppress RNA silencing, determine infection phenotype and support virus systemic spread. These data indicate that gammab functions are not associated with the protein's localization to peroxisomes.
authors.affiliation: A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia.
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Yelina
authors.affiliation: M. M. Shemyakin and Yu. A. Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 16/10 Miklukho-Maklaya Str., Moscow 117997, Russia.
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Erokhina
authors.affiliation: A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia.
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Lukhovitskaya
authors.affiliation: M. M. Shemyakin and Yu. A. Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 16/10 Miklukho-Maklaya Str., Moscow 117997, Russia.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Minina
authors.affiliation: A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Schepetilnikov
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant Virology, Microbiology and Biosafety, Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Messeweg 11/12, D-38104 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: D-E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Lesemann
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant Virology, Microbiology and Biosafety, Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Messeweg 11/12, D-38104 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schiemann
authors.affiliation: A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Solovyev
authors.affiliation: A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia.
authors.forename: S Yu
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Morozov
mesh_terms: D003545:Cysteine / Q000737:chemistry; D015536:Down-Regulation; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D020675:Peroxisomes / Q000378:metabolism; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D031785:Poa / Q000821:virology; D034622:RNA Interference / Q000502:physiology; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins; D003545:Cysteine