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. 1992 Jul 1;89(13):5715–5719. doi: 10.1073/pnas.89.13.5715

In vitro mutagenesis of biologically active transcripts of beet necrotic yellow vein virus RNA 2: evidence that a domain of the 75-kDa readthrough protein is important for efficient virus assembly.

C Schmitt 1, E Balmori 1, G Jonard 1, K E Richards 1, H Guilley 1
PMCID: PMC49367  PMID: 1631051

Abstract

RNA 2 of the multipartite genome of beet necrotic yellow vein virus carries the cistron for 21-kDa viral coat protein at its 5' extremity. The amber termination codon of the coat protein cistron undergoes suppression approximately 10% of the time so that translation continues into an adjacent 54-kDa open reading frame, yielding a 75-kDa readthrough protein. The roles of coat protein and the readthrough protein in infection were investigated with biologically active transcripts of RNA 2. Much of the coat protein cistron of the RNA 2 transcript could be deleted without interfering with viral replication and local lesion formation on leaves, although formation of the rod-shaped virions did not occur. Mutants in which the amber coat protein termination codon was replaced with an ochre codon or a tyrosine codon were also viable. The ochre codon was suppressed both in vitro and in planta. The mutant containing the tyrosine substitution produced only the 75-kDa read-through protein and was deficient in viral assembly. Deletions in the 54-kDa readthrough domain were also viable in planta but had different effects on virus assembly. A deletion in the C-terminal portion of the readthrough domain did not interfere with RNA packaging but, unexpectedly, deletions in the N-terminal portion were assembly deficient, although 21-kDa coat protein was produced in planta. Thus, the 75-kDa protein can apparently intervene in virion assembly even though it has not been detected in purified virions.

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