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The core 2 beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-M encoded by bovine herpesvirus 4 is not essential for virus replication despite contributing to post-translational modifications of structural proteins.
Markine-Goriaynoff, Nicolas; Gillet, Laurent; Karlsen, Odd A et al.
2004In Journal of General Virology, 85 (Pt 2), p. 355-67
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Keywords :
Enzyme Induction; Gene Deletion; Gene Expression; Herpesvirus 4, Bovine/genetics/metabolism; N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases/biosynthesis/genetics/metabolism; Protein Processing, Post-Translational; Species Specificity; Viral Structural Proteins/metabolism; Virus Replication
Abstract :
[en] The Bo17 gene of bovine herpesvirus 4 (BoHV-4) is the only virus gene known to date that encodes a homologue of the cellular core 2 beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-mucine type (C2GnT-M). Recently, our phylogenetic study revealed that the Bo17 gene has been acquired from an ancestor of the African buffalo around 1.5 million years ago. Despite this recent origin, the Bo17 sequence has spread to fixation in the virus population possibly by natural selection. Supporting the latter hypothesis, it has been shown by our group for the V. test strain that Bo17 is expressed during BoHV-4 replication in vitro, and that Bo17 expression product (pBo17) has all three enzymic activities exhibited by cellular C2GnT-M, i.e. core 2, core 4 and I branching activities. In the present study, firstly it was investigated whether encoding a functional C2GnT-M is a general property of BoHV-4 strains. Analysis of nine representative strains of the BoHV-4 species revealed that all of them express the Bo17 gene and the associated core 2 branching activity during virus replication in vitro. Secondly, in order to investigate the roles of Bo17, its kinetic class of expression was analysed and a deleted recombinant strain was produced. These experiments revealed that Bo17 is expressed as an early gene which is not essential for virus replication in vitro. However, comparison of the structural proteins, produced by the wild-type, the revertant and the deleted viruses, by 2D gels demonstrated that pBo17 contributes to the post-translational modifications of structural proteins. Possible roles of Bo17 in vivo are discussed.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Markine-Goriaynoff, Nicolas 
Gillet, Laurent  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Immunologie et vaccinologie
Karlsen, Odd A
Haarr, Lars
Minner, Frederic
Pastoret, Paul-Pierre ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires
Fukuda, Minoru
Vanderplasschen, Alain ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Immunologie et vaccinologie
Language :
English
Title :
The core 2 beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-M encoded by bovine herpesvirus 4 is not essential for virus replication despite contributing to post-translational modifications of structural proteins.
Publication date :
2004
Journal title :
Journal of General Virology
ISSN :
0022-1317
eISSN :
1465-2099
Publisher :
Society for General Microbiology, London, United Kingdom
Volume :
85
Issue :
Pt 2
Pages :
355-67
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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