The geminivirus BR1 movement protein binds single-stranded DNA and localizes to the cell nucleus.
AUTOR(ES)
Pascal, E
RESUMO
Plant viruses encode movement proteins that are essential for infection of the host but are not required for viral replication or encapsidation. Squash leaf curl virus (SqLCV), a bipartite geminivirus with a single-stranded DNA genome, encodes two movement proteins, BR1 and BL1, that have been implicated in separate functions in viral movement. To further elucidate these functions, we have investigated the nucleic acid binding properties and cellular localization of BR1 and BL1. In this study, we showed that BR1 binds strongly to single-stranded nucleic acids, with a higher affinity for single-stranded DNA than RNA, and is localized to the nucleus of SqLCV-infected plant cells. In contrast, BL1 binds only weakly to single-stranded nucleic acids and not at all to double-stranded DNA. The nuclear localization of BR1 and the previously demonstrated plasma membrane localization of BL1 were also observed when these proteins were expressed from baculovirus vectors in Spodoptera frugiperda insect cells. The biochemical properties and cellular locations of BR1 and BL1 suggest a model for SqLCV movement whereby BR1 is involved in the shuttling of the genome in and/or out of the nucleus and BL1 acts at the plasma membrane/cell wall to facilitate viral movement across cell boundaries.
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