,Mapping of the nuclear localization signals in open reading frame 2 protein from porcine circovirus

• 作 者: Jiangbing Shuai Wei Wei Lingli Jiang Xiaoliang Li Ning Chen Weihuan Fang
• 机 构: Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterin
• 出 处: 生物化学与生物物理学报（英文版）
• 发表日期: 2008年1期
• 关键词: porcine circovirus type 1 capsid protein nuclear localization signal

Porcine circovirus type 1 (PCV1) contains two major open reading frames encoding the replication-associated proteins and the major structural capsid (Cap) protein.PCV1 Cap has an N-terminus carrying several potential monopartite or bipartite nuclear localization signals (NLS).The contribution of these partially overlapping motifs to nuclear importing was identified by expression of mutated PCV1 Cap versions fused to enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP).The Cterminus truncated PCV1 Cap-EGFP was localized in nuclei of PK-15 cells similar to the wild-type PCV1 Cap-EGFP,whereas truncation of the N-terminus rendered the fusion protein distributed into cytoplasm,indicating that the nuclear import of PCV1 Cap was efficiently mediated by its N-terminal region.Substitutions of basic residues in stretches 9RRRR12 or the right part of 25RRPYLAHPAFRNRYRWRRK43 resulted in a diffused distribution of the fusion protein in both nuclei and cytoplasm,indicating that the two NLSs were responsible for restricted nuclear targeting of PCV1 Cap.