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ArticleJournal of virology2013

The tobamovirus Turnip Vein Clearing Virus 30-kilodalton movement protein localizes to novel nuclear filaments to enhance virus infection.

Amit Levy, Judy Y Zheng, Sondra G Lazarowitz

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Article in Journal of virology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amit LevyCornell University, Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Judy Y Zheng
Sondra G Lazarowitz
Plant (United States) · USCornell University · US

Funding

Synaptotagmin function in virus movement and plant developmentR01AI066054 · NIAID · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI LAZAROWITZ, SONDRA G · 2007 to 2010
$1.4M
NIAID NIH HHS AI-066054NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI066054
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant viruses overcome the barrier of the plant cell wall by encoding cell-to-cell movement proteins (MPs), which direct newly replicated viral genomes to, and across, the wall. The paradigm for how a single MP regulates and coordinates these activities is the Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) 30-kDa protein (MP(TMV)). Detailed studies demonstrate that TMV multiplies exclusively in the cytoplasm and have documented associations of MP(TMV) with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane, microtubules, and plasmodesmata throughout the course of infection. As TMV poorly infects Arabidopsis thaliana, Turnip vein clearing virus (TVCV) is the tobamovirus of choice for studies in this model plant. A key problem, which has contributed to confusion in the field, is the unproven assumption that the TVCV and TMV life cycles are identical. We engineered an infectious TVCV replicon that expressed a functional fluorescence-tagged MP(TVCV) and report here the unexpected discovery that MP(TVCV), beyond localizing to ER membrane and plasmodesmata, targeted to the nucleus in a nuclear localization signal (NLS)-dependent manner, where it localized to novel F-actin-containing filaments that associated with chromatin. The MP(TVCV) NLS appeared to be conserved in the subgroup 3 tobamoviruses, and our mutational analyses showed that nuclear localization of MP(TVCV) was necessary for efficient TVCV cell-to-cell movement and systemic infection in Nicotiana benthamiana and Arabidopsis thaliana. Our studies identify a novel nuclear stage in TVCV infection and suggest that nuclear MP encoded by TVCV and other subgroup 3 tobamoviruses interacts with F-actin and chromatin to modulate host defenses or cellular physiology to favor virus movement and infection.

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Actin CytoskeletonActinsArabidopsisCell NucleusNicotianaNuclear Localization SignalsPlant DiseasesPlant Viral Movement ProteinsProtein TransportTobamovirusActinsNuclear Localization SignalsPlant Viral Movement Proteins

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PMID23536678
PMCPMC3648121
OpenAlexW2036675544

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