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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
39
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-23
pubmed:abstractText
Dengue virus NS5 protein is a multifunctional RNA-dependent RNA polymerase that is essential for virus replication. We have shown previously that the 37- amino acid interdomain spacer sequence (residues (369)X(2)KKX(14)KKKX(11)RKX(3)405) of Dengue2 NS5 contains a functional nuclear localization signal (NLS). In this study, beta-galactosidase fusion proteins carrying point mutations of the positively charged residues or truncations of the interdomain linker region (residues 369-389 or residues 386-405) were analyzed for nuclear import and importin binding activities to show that the N-terminal part of the linker region (residues 369-389, a/bNLS) is critical for nuclear localization and is recognized with high affinity by the conventional NLS-binding importin alpha/beta heterodimeric nuclear import receptor. We also show that the importin beta-binding site (residues 320-368, bNLS) adjacent to the a/bNLS, previously identified by yeast two-hybrid analysis, is functional as an NLS, recognized with high affinity by importin beta, and able to target beta-galactosidase to the nucleus. Intriguingly, the bNLS is highly conserved among Dengue and related flaviviruses, implying a general role for the region and importin beta in the infectious cycle.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fluorescent Dyes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione Transferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NS3 protein, flavivirus, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NS5 protein, flavivirus, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Localization Signals, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA Helicases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Fusion Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serine Endopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Viral Nonstructural Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/alpha Karyopherins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/beta Karyopherins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/beta-Galactosidase
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
277
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
36399-407
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Dengue Virus, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Fluorescent Dyes, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Glutathione Transferase, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Nuclear Localization Signals, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-RNA Helicases, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Serine Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Two-Hybrid System Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-Viral Nonstructural Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-alpha Karyopherins, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-beta Karyopherins, pubmed-meshheading:12105224-beta-Galactosidase
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
The interdomain region of dengue NS5 protein that binds to the viral helicase NS3 contains independently functional importin beta 1 and importin alpha/beta-recognized nuclear localization signals.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, James Cook University, Queensland 4811, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't