A single amino acid change in the coat protein of Maize streak virus abolishes systemic infection, but not interaction with viral DNA or movement protein

2001 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huanting Liu ◽  
Andrew ◽  
P. Lucy ◽  
Jeffrey W. Davies ◽  
Margaret I. Boulton
1998 ◽  
Vol 72 (7) ◽  
pp. 6247-6250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin K. Wobbe ◽  
Muslum Akgoz ◽  
D’Maris Amick Dempsey ◽  
Daniel F. Klessig

ABSTRACT Comparison of the symptoms caused by turnip crinkle virus strain M (TCV-M) and TCV-B infection of a resistant Arabidopsis thaliana line termed Di-17 demonstrates that TCV-B has a greater ability to spread in planta. This ability is due to a single amino acid change in the viral movement protein p8 and inversely correlates with p8 RNA binding affinity.


2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (7) ◽  
pp. 1741-1747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tahir H. Malik ◽  
Candie Wolbert ◽  
Laura Nerret ◽  
Christian Sauder ◽  
Steven Rubin

It has previously been shown that three amino acid changes, one each in the fusion (F; Ala/Thr-91→Thr), haemagglutinin–neuraminidase (HN; Ser-466→Asn) and polymerase (L; Ile-736→Val) proteins, are associated with attenuation of a neurovirulent clinical isolate of mumps virus (88-1961) following serial passage in vitro. Here, using full-length cDNA plasmid clones and site-directed mutagenesis, it was shown that the single amino acid change in the HN protein and to a lesser extent, the change in the L protein, resulted in neuroattenuation, as assessed in rats. The combination of both amino acid changes caused neuroattenuation of the virus to levels previously reported for the clinical isolate following attenuation in vitro. The amino acid change in the F protein, despite having a dramatic effect on protein function in vitro, was previously shown to not be involved in the observed neuroattenuation, highlighting the importance of conducting confirmatory in vivo studies. This report provides additional supporting evidence for the role of the HN protein as a virulence factor and, as far as is known, is the first report to associate an amino acid change in the L protein with mumps virus neuroattenuation.


FEBS Letters ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 470 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Vais ◽  
S. Atkinson ◽  
N. Eldursi ◽  
A.L. Devonshire ◽  
M.S. Williamson ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 589-595
Author(s):  
Guy Lemay ◽  
Martin Bisaillon

Many temperature-sensitive mutants have been isolated in early studies of mammalian reovirus. However, the biological properties and nature of the genetic alterations remain incompletely explored for most of these mutants. The mutation harbored by the tsI138 mutant was already assigned to the L3 gene encoding the λ1 protein. In the present study, this mutant was further studied as a possible tool to establish the role of the putative λ1 enzymatic activities in viral multiplication. It was observed that synthesis of viral proteins is only marginally reduced, while it was difficult to recover viral particles at the nonpermissive temperature. A single nucleotide substitution resulting in an amino acid change was found; the position of this amino acid is consistent with a probable defect in assembly of the inner capsid at the nonpermissive temperature.


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