NS1-Binding Protein (NS1-BP): a Novel Human Protein That Interacts with the Influenza A Virus Nonstructural NS1 Protein Is Relocalized in the Nuclei of Infected Cells
AUTOR(ES)
Wolff, Thorsten
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
We used the yeast interaction trap system to identify a novel human 70-kDa protein, termed NS1-binding protein (NS1-BP), which interacts with the nonstructural NS1 protein of the influenza A virus. The genetic interaction was confirmed by the specific coprecipitation of the NS1 protein from solution by a glutathione S-transferase–NS1-BP fusion protein and glutathione-Sepharose. NS1-BP contains an N-terminal BTB/POZ domain and five kelch-like tandem repeat elements of ∼50 amino acids. In noninfected cells, affinity-purified antibodies localized NS1-BP in nuclear regions enriched with the spliceosome assembly factor SC35, suggesting an association of NS1-BP with the cellular splicing apparatus. In influenza A virus-infected cells, NS1-BP relocalized throughout the nucleoplasm and appeared distinct from the SC35 domains, which suggests that NS1-BP function may be disturbed or altered. The addition of a truncated NS1-BP mutant protein to a HeLa cell nuclear extract efficiently inhibited pre-mRNA splicing but not spliceosome assembly. This result could be explained by a possible dominant-negative effect of the NS1-BP mutant protein and suggests a role of the wild-type NS1-BP in promoting pre-mRNA splicing. These data suggest that the inhibition of splicing by the NS1 protein may be mediated by binding to NS1-BP.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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