title: Mapping and functional role of the self-association domain of vesicular stomatitis virus phosphoprotein.
abstract: The phosphoprotein (P protein) of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is an essential subunit of the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase complex and plays a central role in viral transcription and replication. Using both the yeast two-hybrid system and coimmunoprecipitation assays, we confirmed the self-association of the P protein of Indiana serotype (Pind) and heterotypic interaction between Pind and the P protein of New Jersey serotype (Pnj). Furthermore, by using various truncation and deletion mutants of Pind, the self-association domain of the Pind protein was mapped to amino acids 161 to 210 within the hinge region. The self-association domain of Pind protein is not required for its binding to nucleocapsid and large proteins. We further demonstrated that the self-association domain of Pind protein is essential for VSV transcription in a minireplicon system and that a synthetic peptide spanning amino acids 191 to 210 in the self-association domain of Pind protein strongly inhibited the transcription of the VSV genome in vitro in a dose-dependent manner. These results indicated that the self-association domain of Pind protein plays a critical role in VSV transcription.
authors.affiliation: Virology Section, Department of Molecular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: Mingzhou
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogino
authors.forename: Amiya K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D016679:Genome, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D014721:Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018116:Vesiculovirus
chemical_list: D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger