Identification of a movement protein of Mirafiori lettuce big-vein ophiovirus

Akihiro Hiraguri*, Shoko Ueki, Hideki Kondo, Koji Nomiyama, Takumi Shimizu, Tamaki Ichiki-Uehara, Toshihiro Omura, Nobumitsu Sasaki, Hiroshi Nyunoya, Takahide Sasaya

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Abstract

Mirafiori lettuce big-vein virus (MiLBVV) is a member of the genus Ophiovirus, which is a segmented negative-stranded RNA virus. In microprojectile bombardment experiments to identify a movement protein (MP) gene of ophioviruses that can trans-complement intercellular movement of an MP-deficient heterologous virus, a plasmid containing an infectious clone of a tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) derivative expressing the GFP was co-bombarded with plasmids containing one of three genes from MiLBVV RNAs 1, 2 and 4 onto Nicotiana benthamiana. Intercellular movement of the movement-defective ToMV was restored by co-expression of the 55 kDa protein gene, but not with the two other genes. Transient expression in epidermal cells of N. benthamiana and onion showed that the 55 kDa protein with GFP was localized on the plasmodesmata. The 55 kDa protein encoded in the MiLBVV RNA2 can function as an MP of the virus. This report is the first to describe an ophiovirus MP.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1145-1150
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of General Virology
Volume94
Issue numberPART 5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013 May
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Virology

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