title: The first 17 amino acids of the beet necrotic yellow vein virus RNA-5-encoded p26 protein are sufficient to activate transcription in a yeast one-hybrid system.
abstract: The beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) RNA-5-encoded p26 protein is involved in the accentuation of symptoms expression of infected Chenopodium quinoa plants and is capable of transcription activation (TA) in yeast. TA was previously localized within the first 55 residues of the p26 protein. Interestingly, TA did not occur when C-terminally deleted forms of p26 were used. We used a genetic screen in the yeast one-hybrid system to select restored TA from randomly generated mutants. The TA domain was found to be located within the first 17 residues. Alanine replacement of aspartic acids 11, 16, and 17 within the full-length p26 prevented TA but did not impair subcellular localization and the symptom expression.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Laboratoire propre du CNRS (UPR 2357) conventionné avec l'Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg 1), 12 rue du général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Covelli
authors.forename: Elodie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gilmer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D027465:Chenopodium quinoa / Q000821:virology*; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins