Detection of a non-structural protein of Mr 11000 encoded by the virion DNA of maize streak virus
1988
Mullineaux, P.M. | Boulton, M.I. | Bowyer, P. | Vlugt, R. van der | Marks, M. | Donson, J. | Davies, J.W.
A polypeptide of approximately 11000 daltons (11 kDa protein) encoded by an open reading frame (10.9 ORF) from the virion sense of maize streak virus (MSV) DNA has been detected among the products of in vitro translation reactions programmed with RNA from infected maize plants and also in total protein extracts from infected leaves. The 11 kDa protein has not been detected in virions and is therefore proposed to have a nonstructural role. Viral DNA with an additional in-frame translation stop codon in the 10.9 ORF was not infectious when transmitted to maize plants via Agrobacterium tumefaciens "agroinfection", suggesting that the 10.9 ORF may be essential for virus function. Computer comparison data show that equivalent ORFs in wheat dwarf virus (WDV) and digitaria streak virus (DSV) have some sequences in common with the 10.9 ORF of MSV. Furthermore, the absence of similar sequences in geminiviruses which infect dicotyledonous plants suggests that the 11 kDa protein and its putative homologs in WDV and DSV have a function necessary only for those geminiviruses which infect the Gramineae. The significance of the 11 kDa protein in relation to expression of the virion sense DNA of MSV is discussed.
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