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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-8
pubmed:abstractText
The primary 2A/2B cleavage within cardiovirus polyprotein was examined by construction of cDNA plasmids which linked fragments from the P2 region of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) and Mengovirus genomes to the EMCV 5' nontranslated region. When RNA transcripts from these clones were tested in reticulocyte extracts, the synthesized proteins were cotranslationally processed at the 2A/2B site. No viral segments outside of the P2 region were required for this activity. Engineered deletions which removed the amino-terminal two-thirds of protein 2A or the carboxyl half of protein 2B had no effect on this scission, nor did insertions into a Ser-Ala-Phe sequence (SAF) within 2B, which is conserved in most cardio- and aphthoviruses. In contrast, mutations which disrupted a conserved Asn-Pro-Gly-Pro (NPGP) sequence abolished primary scission. Precursors thus inactivated were unable to serve as substrate when simultaneously expressed with active (wild-type) 2AB sequences. Microsequencing placed the EMCV primary cleavage site between the Gly/Pro pair within the NPGP sequence. It was also determined that endogenous viral protease 3C is the previously unidentified agent responsible for cardiovirus 1D/2A scission, a cleavage that is part of the primary processing reaction in poliovirus.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0042-6822
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
190
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
754-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Proteolytic processing of the cardioviral P2 region: primary 2A/2B cleavage in clone-derived precursors.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.