小菜蛾颗粒体病毒PP31与两种宿主蛋白发生相互作用

在病毒侵染和复制过程中,病毒与宿主之间存在广泛的蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用。本研究建立了一个小菜蛾幼虫cDNA文库,用于筛查与小菜蛾颗粒体病毒(Plutella xylostella granulovirus,PlxyGV)蛋白相互作用的小菜蛾幼虫蛋白。pp31同源基因存在于所有鳞翅目昆虫杆状病毒。其编码产物是一种磷蛋白,与病毒基因表达调控相关。本研究通过酵母双杂交实验从小菜蛾幼虫cDNA文库中筛选出两个与PlxyGV PP31相互作用的蛋白质基因。序列分析结果显示这两个基因的预期编码产物分别是小菜蛾蛋白激酶C受体(RACK)和一种甲硫氨酰氨肽酶2(MetAP2)同源蛋白。原核表达和蛋白质纯化实验结果显示,rack与6-组氨酸编码序列的融合基因的表达产物是一个38kD多肽。在GST-pulldown实验中,RACK蛋白随同GST-PP31融合蛋白一起吸附于GST亲和树脂,进一步证实了小菜蛾RACK蛋白与PlxyGV PP31发生相互作用。

Plutella xylostella granulovirus PP31 interacts with two host proteins

Protein-protein interactions between viruses and hosts are common during viral infection and replication. In this study, a cDNA library from larvae of Plutella xylostella was constructed and used for screening of genes encoding proteins interacting with Plutella xylostella granulovirus (PlxyGV) proteins. Two cDNA clones containing genes encoding proteins interacting with PlxyGV PP31 were identified by yeast two-hybrid assays. Sequence analysis showed that the genes encoded homologues of receptor for activated protein C kinase (RACK) and methionine aminopeptidase 2 (MetAP2), respectively. The P. xylostella rack gene and the PlxyGV pp31 was expressed in an E. coli strain to produce proteins fused with a 6-His or a GST tag. It was shown that the rack was expressed as a 38kD peptide as prospected. The 38kD His-tagged peptide was co-purified with GST-PP31 by GST-bind resin in GST-pulldown assays, confirming interaction between the PlxyGV PP31 and the RACK protein of P. xylostella.