title: Characterization of ORF127 of Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus.
abstract: It has been shown that Ha127 in the genome of Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (HaNPV) has homologs in some other baculoviruses and encodes a putative protein of 192 aa. In this study, a sequence analysis showed the transcription initiation site in Ha127 gene at nts 188 upstream of the translation initiation codon ATG and a potential leucine zipper motif at aa 34-55 in the corresponding protein. Ha127 transcripts were detected in HaNPV-infected HzAM1 cells at 18-72 hrs post infection ( p.i.) by RT-PCR, while the corresponding protein was found at 24-72 hrs p.i. by Western blot analysis suggesting that Ha127 is a late gene product. The size of detected Ha127 protein was about 28 K, a larger value than the predicted 22.6 K indicating a post-translational modification. Immunofluorescence assay of HzAM1 cells infected with HaNPV and Ha127-EGFP expression showed that Ha127 protein was localized in the nucleus. In summary, these data suggested that Ha127 was a functional ORF that might play a role in the nucleus during the late or very late gene expression.
authors: Institute of Life Science, Jiangsu University, PR China. gzh762677@ujs.edu.cn
authors: Z J
authors: ZJ
authors: Guo
authors: L H
authors: LH
authors: Qiu
authors: M F
authors: MF
authors: Du
authors: S H
authors: SH
authors: An
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D015870:Gene Expression; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009036:Moths / Q000821:virology*; D017924:Nucleopolyhedroviruses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013347:Subcellular Fractions; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins