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ArticleThe New phytologist2013

The glutathione transferase of Nicotiana benthamiana NbGSTU4 plays a role in regulating the early replication of Bamboo mosaic virus.

I-Hsuan Chen, Meng-Hsuen Chiu, Shun-Fang Cheng, Yau-Heiu Hsu, Ching-Hsiu Tsai

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Article in The New phytologist, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

I-Hsuan ChenGraduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Meng-Hsuen Chiu
Shun-Fang Cheng
Yau-Heiu Hsu
Ching-Hsiu Tsai
National Chung Hsing University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bamboo mosaic virus (BaMV) is a single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus. One of the plant glutathione S-transferase (GST) genes, NbGSTU4, responds as an upregulated gene in Nicotiana benthamiana post BaMV infection. In order to identify the role of NbGSTU4 in BaMV infection, the expression of NbGSTU4 was knocked down using a virus-induced gene silencing technique or was transiently expressed in N. benthamiana in BaMV inoculation. The results show a significant decrease in BaMV RNA accumulation when the expression level of NbGSTU4 is reduced; whereas the viral RNA accumulation increases when NbGSTU4 is transiently expressed. Furthermore, this study identified that the involvement of NbGSTU4 in viral RNA accumulation occurs by its participation in the viral early replication step. The findings show that the NbGSTU4 protein expressed from Escherichia coli can interact with the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of the BaMV RNA in vitro in the presence of glutathione (GSH). The addition of GSH in the in vitro replication assay shows an enhancement of minus-strand but not plus-strand RNA synthesis. The results suggest that the plant GST protein plays a role in binding viral RNA and delivering GSH to the replication complex to create a reduced condition for BaMV minus-strand RNA synthesis.

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Virus Replication3' Untranslated RegionsBlotting, WesternCross-Linking ReagentsGene Knockdown TechniquesGlutathioneGlutathione TransferaseMosaic VirusesNicotianaOxidation-ReductionPlant ProteinsReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseRNA, ViralUltraviolet Rays3' Untranslated RegionsCross-Linking ReagentsGlutathioneGlutathione TransferasePlant ProteinsRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseRNA, ViralBamboo mosaic virus (BaMV)glutathione (GSH)glutathione S-transferase (GST)in vitro RNA replicationredoxviral RNA replicationvirus-induced gene silencing (VIGS)

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PMID23701112
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