The C-terminus of epstein-barr virus BRRF2 is required for its proper localization and efficient virus production

Takahiro Watanabe, Keiya Sakaida, Masahiro Yoshida, H. M.Abdullah Al Masud, Yoshitaka Sato, Fumi Goshima, Hiroshi Kimura, Takayuki Murata

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a human gammaherpesvirus associated with several malignancies. We reported previously that an EBV lytic gene product BRRF2 is involved in the maturation of progeny virus. To analyze the domain(s) needed for efficient production of progeny, we prepared a series of deletion mutants and found two functional domains in the N- and C-terminal regions by complementation assays. Immunofluorescence analyses revealed that BRRF2 lacking the C-terminal region demonstrated aberrant localization in both the nucleus and cytoplasm, whereas wild-type BRRF2 was localized predominantly in the cytoplasm. We also confirmed that wild-type BRRF2 co-localized with Rab5, an endosomal marker, at least partly. Additionally, serine 511 of BRRF2 was phosphorylated during lytic infection; however, a mutant in which the serine was substituted with alanine still augmented the yield as efficiently as did wild-type BRRF2. These results showed that the C-terminal region of BRRF2 is involved in the predominant localization of BRRF2 to the cytoplasm and in the efficient production of infectious virus.

本文言語英語
論文番号125
ジャーナルFrontiers in Microbiology
8
JAN
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 31-01-2017
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 微生物学
  • 微生物学(医療)

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