Association of two barley yellow mosaic virus (RNA 2) encoded proteins with cytoplasmic inclusion bodies revealed by immunogold localisation |
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Authors: | P M Schenk H -H Steinbiß B Müller K Schmitz |
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Institution: | (1) Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, D-W-5000 Köln 30, Federal Republic of Germany;(2) Botanisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Köln |
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Abstract: | Summary Antisera were raised against the RNA 2-encoded proteins of 28 kDa and 70 kDa of barley yellow mosaic virus (BaYMV) by using the corresponding cDNA sequences of a German isolate for protein overexpression inEscherichia coli BL 21 and subsequent purification. The proposed processing of a 98 kDa precursor polyprotein encoded by the long open reading frame of RNA 2 to two proteins of 28 kDa and 70 kDa could be confirmed by immunoprecipitation of the in vitro transcribed and translated cDNA-clone of RNA 2 and Western blot analysis of fragmentated protein extracts of BaYMV-infected winter barley plants. In situ localisation studies of infected leaf tissue using immunogold labeling techniques for electron microscopy revealed that both viral proteins of BaYMV (RNA 2) were associated with the crystal-like cytoplasmic inclusion bodies. No other parts of the cells and no other inclusions (pinwheelstructures or aggregated virus particles) showed any gold labeling when the 28 kDa and 70 kDa antisera were used. We suppose that both RNA 2-encoded proteins take part in the formation of the crystal-like cytoplasmic inclusion bodies which are the most dominant structures in the cytoplasm of BaYMV-infected tissue. Possible functions of the 28 kDa and 70 kDa protein of BaYMV (RNA 2) are discussed.Abbreviations PBS
phosphate-buffered saline
- CEA
chicken egg albumin
- BaYMV
barley yellow mosaic virus
- BaMMV
barley mild mosaic virus |
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Keywords: | Barley yellow mosaic virus Cytoplasmic inclusion bodies Electron microscopy Hordeum vulgare Immunogold labeling RNA 2-encoded proteins |
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