Identification of Pns12 as the second silencing suppressor of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Rice gall dwarf virus</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | JianGuo Wu ChunZheng Wang ZhengGuo Du LiJun Cai MeiQun Hu ZuJian Wu Yi Li LianHui Xie |
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Institution: | Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Key Laboratory of Plant Virology of Fujian Province, Fuzhou 350002, China. |
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Abstract: | RNA silencing is a conserved mechanism found ubiquitously in eukaryotic organisms. It has been used to regulate gene expression
and development. In addition, RNA silencing serves as an important mechanism in plants’ defense against invasive nucleic acids,
such as viruses, transposons, and transgenes. As a counter-defense, most plants, and some animal viruses, encode RNA silencing
suppressors to interfere at one or several points of the silencing pathway. In this study, we showed that Pns12 of RGDV (Rice gall dwarf virus) exhibits silencing suppressor activity on the reporter green fluorescent protein in transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana line 16c. Pns12 of RGDV suppressed local silencing induced by sense RNA but had no effect on that induced by dsRNA. Expression
of Pns12 also enhanced Potato virus X pathogenicity in N. benthamiana. Collectively, these results suggested that RGDV Pns12 functions as a virus suppressor of RNA silencing, which might target
an upstream step of dsRNA formation in the RNA silencing pathway. Furthermore, we showed that Pns12 is localized mainly in
the nucleus of N. benthamiana leaf cells. |
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