title: Functional characterization of the Beet necrotic yellow vein virus RNA-5-encoded p26 protein: evidence for structural pathogenicity determinants.
abstract: A Beet necrotic yellow vein virus isolate containing a fifth RNA is present in the Pithiviers area of France. A full-length cDNA clone of RNA-5 was obtained and placed under the control of a T(7)-RNA-pol promoter that allowed the production of infectious transcripts. "Pithiviers" isolate-specific necrotic symptoms were obtained on Chenopodium quinoa when RNA-5-encoded p26 was expressed either from RNA-5 or from an RNA-3-derived replicon. By using haemagglutinin- and green fluorescent protein-tagged constructs, virally expressed p26-fusion proteins induced the same necrotic local lesions on host plants and were localized mainly in the nucleus of infected cells. Deletion mutagenesis permitted identification of two domains, responsible respectively for nuclear export and cytoplasmic retention of the p26 mutated proteins. By using a yeast two-hybrid system, Gal4DB-p26 protein self-activated transcription of the His3 reporter gene. The p26 transcription-activation domain was located within its first 55 aa and has been studied by alanine scanning. Resulting p26 mutants were tested for their capability to induce necrotic symptoms and to localize in the nuclear compartment.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Link
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France.
authors.forename: Laure
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schmidlin
authors.affiliation: INRA, UR-BIVV, 28 rue de Herrlisheim, 68021 Colmar, France.
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schirmer
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France.
authors.forename: Elodie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France.
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erhardt
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France.
authors.forename: Angèle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geldreich
authors.affiliation: INRA, UR-BIVV, 28 rue de Herrlisheim, 68021 Colmar, France.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lemaire
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gilmer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D027461:Beta vulgaris / Q000821:virology; D027465:Chenopodium quinoa / Q000821:virology*; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000821:virology; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins