Heat shock 70 protein interaction with Turnip mosaic virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase within virus-induced membrane vesicles

Virology. 2008 Apr 25;374(1):217-27. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.12.014. Epub 2008 Jan 28.

Abstract

Tandem affinity purification was used in Arabidopsis thaliana to identify cellular interactors of Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). The heat shock cognate 70-3 (Hsc70-3) and poly(A)-binding (PABP) host proteins were recovered and shown to interact with the RdRp in vitro. As previously shown for PABP, Hsc70-3 was redistributed to nuclear and membranous fractions in infected plants and both RdRp interactors were co-immunoprecipitated from a membrane-enriched extract using RdRp-specific antibodies. Fluorescently tagged RdRp and Hsc70-3 localized to the cytoplasm and the nucleus when expressed alone or in combination in Nicotiana benthamiana. However, they were redistributed to large perinuclear ER-derived vesicles when co-expressed with the membrane binding 6K-VPg-Pro protein of TuMV. The association of Hsc70-3 with the RdRp could possibly take place in membrane-derived replication complexes. Thus, Hsc70-3 and PABP2 are potentially integral components of the replicase complex and could have important roles to play in the regulation of potyviral RdRp functions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Arabidopsis / virology*
  • Cell Nucleus / chemistry
  • Cytoplasm / chemistry
  • HSC70 Heat-Shock Proteins / metabolism*
  • Immunoprecipitation
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nicotiana / virology
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism*
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Interaction Mapping
  • RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase / metabolism*
  • Transport Vesicles / virology*
  • Tymovirus / metabolism*
  • Viral Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • HSC70 Heat-Shock Proteins
  • Plant Proteins
  • Viral Proteins
  • RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase