title: Herpes simplex virus 1 ICP22 regulates the accumulation of a shorter mRNA and of a truncated US3 protein kinase that exhibits altered functions.
abstract: The U(S)3 open reading frame of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) was reported to encode two mRNAs each directing the synthesis of the same protein. We report that the U(S)3 gene encodes two proteins. The predominant U(S)3 protein is made in wild-type HSV-1-infected cells. The truncated mRNA and a truncated protein designated U(S)3.5 and initiating from methionine 77 were preeminent in cells infected with a mutant lacking the gene encoding ICP22. Both the wild-type and truncated proteins also accumulated in cells transduced with a baculovirus carrying the entire U(S)3 open reading frame. The U(S)3.5 protein accumulating in cells infected with the mutant lacking the gene encoding ICP22 mediated the phosphorylation of histone deacetylase 1, a function of U(S)3 protein, but failed to block apoptosis of the infected cells. The U(S)3.5 and U(S)3 proteins differ with respect to the range of functions they exhibit.
authors.affiliation: The Marjorie B. Kovler Viral Oncology Laboratories, The University of Chicago, 910 East 58th Street, Chicago Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Alice P W
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Roizman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011817:Rabbits; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D012867:Skin / Q000821:virology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014709:Vero Cells; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D054334:Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C057294:ICP22 protein, human herpesvirus 1; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins; D054334:Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C095207:US3 protein, Human herpesvirus 1