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. 2022 Oct 17;5:1102. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-04082-5

Fig. 4. Shutoff activity of PA-X does not affect the translation efficiency of viral mRNA.

Fig. 4

a, b Shutoff activity of Cal and Nan mutant PA-Xs. 293 T cells were transfected with expression plasmids for Cal PA-X a or Nan PA-X b with the indicated mutations along with pCAGGS firefly luciferase. Luciferase activity was determined by the Dual-Luciferase Reporter Assay system. ce Translation efficiency of mRNAs produced by vRdRps containing PA frameshift mutant. 293 T cells were transfected with expression plasmids for Nan NP, PB1, PB2 and Cal PA FS (frameshift) or Nan PA FS with the indicated mutations along with pPolI-NP-luc. c Luciferase mRNA was quantified by qRT-PCR. d Luciferase activity was determined by the Dual-Luciferase Reporter Assay system. e Ratio of luciferase activity per mRNA, transformed to a normal distribution. Error bars show means plus/minus the standard deviations (n = 3 biological replicates). One-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple comparison test (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001).