Abstract
O-GlcNAcylation is a dynamic protein modification which has been studied mainly in metazoans. We reported previously that an Arabidopsis thaliana O-GlcNAc transferase modifies at least two threonine residues of the Plum pox virus (PPV) capsid protein (CP). Now, six additional residues were shown to be involved in O-GlcNAc modification of PPV CP. CP O-GlcNAcylation was abolished in the PPV CP7-T/A mutant, in which seven threonines were mutated. PPV CP7-T/A infected Nicotiana clevelandii, Nicotiana benthamiana, and Prunus persica without noticeable defects. However, defects in infection of A. thaliana were readily apparent. In mixed infections of wild-type arabidopsis, the CP7-T/A mutant was outcompeted by wild-type virus. These results indicate that CP O-GlcNAcylation has a major role in the infection process. O-GlcNAc modification may have a role in virion assembly and/or stability as the CP of PPV CP7-T/A was more sensitive to protease digestion than that of the wild-type virus.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 122-131 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Virology |
| Volume | 442 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank Elvira Domínguez and Beatriz García García for technical assistance. This work was supported by Grants BIO2010-18541 from Spanish MCINN, SAL/0185/2006 from Comunidad de Madrid, and KBBE-204429 (SharCo) from the European Union to JAG, 2005×747_3 from the Spanish National Proteomics Institute (ProteoRed-ISC III) to SC and SJ, MCB-0112826 from National Science Foundation and DE-FG02-02ER15353 from US Department of Energy to NEO, and GM037537 from U.S. Public Health Service to DFH.
Keywords
- Capsid protein
- Mass spectrometry
- O-GlcNAcylation
- Plum pox virus
- Potyvirus
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