HSP70 homolog functions in cell-to-cell movement of a plant virus

AUTOR(ES)

Peremyslov, Valery V.

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

Plant closteroviruses encode a homolog of the HSP70 (heat shock protein, 70 kDa) family of cellular proteins. To facilitate studies of the function of HSP70 homolog (HSP70h) in viral infection, the beet yellows closterovirus (BYV) was modified to express green fluorescent protein. This tagged virus was competent in cell-to-cell movement, producing multicellular infection foci similar to those formed by the wild-type BYV. Inactivation of the HSP70h gene by replacement of the start codon or by deletion of 493 codons resulted in complete arrest of BYV translocation from cell to cell. Identical movement-deficient phenotypes were observed in BYV variants possessing HSP70h that lacked the computer-predicted ATPase domain or the C-terminal domain, or that harbored point mutations in the putative catalytic site of the ATPase. These results demonstrate that the virus-specific member of the HSP70 family of molecular chaperones functions in intercellular translocation and represents an additional type of a plant viral-movement protein.

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