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16682811

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-9
pubmed:abstractText
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV), a distant member of the Group 2 coronaviruses, has recently been identified as the etiological agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The genome of SARS-CoV contains four structural genes that are homologous to genes found in other coronaviruses, as well as six subgroup-specific open reading frames (ORFs). ORF3 encodes a predicted 154-amino-acid protein that lacks similarity to any known protein, and is designated 3b in this article. We reported previously that SARS-CoV 3b is predominantly localized in the nucleolus, and induces G0/G1 arrest and apoptosis in transfected cells. In this study, we show that SARS-CoV 3b fused with EGFP at its N- or C- terminus co-localized with a mitochondria-specific marker in some transfected cells. Mutation analysis of SARS-CoV 3b revealed that the domain spanning amino acids 80 to 138 was essential for its mitochondria localization. These results provide new directions for studies of the role of SARS-CoV 3b protein in SARS pathogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1016-8478
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
186-91
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Mitochondrial location of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 3b protein.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathophysiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing 100850, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article