Adenovirus early region 4 encodes two gene products with redundant effects in lytic infection.
AUTOR(ES)
Huang, M M
RESUMO
In order to assign specific functions to individual gene products encoded by adenovirus type 5 early region 4 (E4), we have constructed and analyzed a set of mutant viruses that express individual E4 open reading frames or combinations of open reading frames. The results of these analyses demonstrate that the gene products of E4 open reading frames 3 and 6 have redundant effects in viral lytic infection. These E4 products independently augment viral DNA replication, viral late protein synthesis, the shutoff of host cell protein synthesis, and the production of infectious virus. The product of open reading frame 6 is more efficient in the regulation of these processes than is the product of open reading frame 3. The regulation of viral DNA replication and the control of viral and cellular protein synthesis appear to be separable functions associated with both E4 gene products. The role of early region 4 in adeno-associated virus helper function, however, is mediated only by the product of open reading frame 6. Finally, we demonstrate that E4 mutant viruses display a multiplicity-leakiness phenotype which is consistent with the regulatory role that this region plays in viral infection.
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