title: Identification of the 3C-protease-mediated 2A/2B and 2B/2C cleavage sites in the nonstructural polyprotein precursor of a Dicistrovirus lacking the NPGP motif.
abstract: Dicistroviruses have motifs for picornavirus 2C, 3C, and 3D proteins in their nonstructural polyprotein C-terminal region. The proteins from the nonstructural, N-terminal region of the polyprotein remain to be characterized. We have identified 3C-mediated cleavage sites in the N-terminal region of the nonstructural polyprotein of the dicistrovirus Plautia stali intestine virus (PSIV). The 2B/2C cleavage site mapped to amino acids (aa) 408-409 (QD). 2B/2C cleavage sites were suggested to be conserved in dicistroviruses. The most N-terminal PSIV cleavage site was aa 286-287 (QS). Including previous results, the polyprotein contains nine proteins arranged as follows: 2A, 2B, 2C, 3A, 3B1, 3B2, 3B3, 3C, and 3D.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. nakaji@affrc.go.jp
authors.forename: Nobuhiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
mesh_terms: D000086042:3C Viral Proteases; D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D056629:Dicistroviridae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020815:Polyproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D020815:Polyproteins; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D000086042:3C Viral Proteases