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Article Dans Une Revue Research in virology Année : 1992

Processing of the minor capsid protein of the cauliflower mosaic virus requires a cysteine proteinase.

T. Guidasci
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J. L. Mougeot
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G. Lebeurier
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Résumé

The major capsid protein of the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) is processed in vivo. The viral aspartic proteinase that catalyses this maturation has been characterized previously and is coded by the CaMV gene V. This virus has a second capsid protein, a minor component, encoded by gene III. This protein, P3, is also processed at its C-terminus in vivo. To determine whether P3 is matured by the CaMV proteinase P5, we expressed, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, P3, P5 and a fusion protein P7-P4, containing potential sites of cleavage. P5 was found to be involved in maturation of P7-P4 but did not cleave P3. The latter result was confirmed by experiments carried out with an in vitro translation system (the reticulocyte lysate) and with preparations of replication complexes purified from infected plants. Moreover, [N-(L-3-trans-carboxyoxiran-2-carbonyl)-L-leu cyl]-amido(4-guanido)butane, a specific inhibitor of cysteine proteinases, inhibited the maturation of P3, suggesting that the two CaMV capsid proteins are not processed by the same proteolytic event.

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hal-00189032 , version 1 (19-11-2007)

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  • HAL Id : hal-00189032 , version 1
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T. Guidasci, J. L. Mougeot, G. Lebeurier, Jean-Michel Mesnard. Processing of the minor capsid protein of the cauliflower mosaic virus requires a cysteine proteinase.. Research in virology, 1992, 143 (5), pp.361-70. ⟨hal-00189032⟩
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