July
2010
, Volume
23
, Number
7
Pages
903
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914
Authors
Ping Lan,1
Wen-Bin Yeh,2
Chih-Wei Tsai,1 and
Na-Sheng Lin1
Affiliations
1Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 115, Republic of China; 2Department of Entomology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 402, Republic of China
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Accepted 1 March 2010.
Abstract
The coat proteins (CP) of many plant viruses are multifunctional proteins. We used N-terminal sequencing and mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry analysis to identify a truncated form of the Bamboo mosaic virus (BaMV) CP missing the N-terminal 35 amino acids (N35). The N35 region is unique in the potexviruses by its containing a glycine-rich motif (GRM) not present in databases but highly conserved among BaMV isolates. Results from site-directed mutagenesis and deletion mutational analysis showed that loss of this region converted necrotic local lesions to chlorotic local lesions on Chenopodium quinoa leaves. Furthermore, this region is required for successful development of mosaic symptoms on Nicotiana benthamiana leaves but is dispensable for BaMV replication and cell-to-cell and long-distance movement as well as virion assembly. This unique GRM-containing region of BaMV CP may be a symptom determinant in specific hosts.
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