Analysis of the interaction of viral RNA replication proteins by using the yeast two-hybrid assay.

AUTOR(ES)

O'Reilly, E K

RESUMO

The yeast two-hybrid system has been a useful tool in the genetic evaluation of protein-protein interactions. However, the biological relevance of these two-hybrid interactions to viral positive-strand RNA replication has not been demonstrated. The brome mosaic virus (BMV) system has been characterized extensively both genetically and biochemically, providing numerous mutations in the BMV 1a helicase-like and 2a polymerase-like proteins. We have tested wild-type 1a and 18 insertion mutations of 1a and found a perfect correlation between the in planta phenotypes and their ability to interact with 2a in the two-hybrid system. This finding allowed further characterization of the interaction between and among the BMV viral proteins. Using the two-hybrid assay, we have found that the interaction between the helicase-like region of 1a and the N terminus of 2a is stabilized by the presence of the centrally conserved polymerase-like domain of 2a. We have also identified a novel interaction between the 1a helicase-like protein and itself. Additionally, we have found this interaction in two related tripartite RNA viruses, cowpea chlorotic mottle virus and cucumber mosaic virus. We have demonstrated that this protein-protein interaction is specific to homologous pairings of the protein.

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