TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of a tomato karyopherin α that interacts with the Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) capsid protein
AU - Kunik, Talya
AU - Mizrachy, Liat
AU - Citovsky, Vitaly
AU - Gafni, Yedidya
PY - 1999/5
Y1 - 1999/5
N2 - A karyopherin α (LeKAPα1) cDNA was isolated from tomato plants. The deduced LeKAPα1 protein sequence of 527 amino acids showed similarity to other plant karyopherin α proteins. When LeKAPα1 was expressed in a yeast two-hybrid system together with the gene coding for the capsid protein (CP) of the tomato yellow curl leaf virus (TYLCV), it interacted directly with CP. Thus, LeKAPα1 may be involved in the nuclear import of TYLCV CP and, potentially, the TYLCV genomes during viral infection of the host tomato cells.
AB - A karyopherin α (LeKAPα1) cDNA was isolated from tomato plants. The deduced LeKAPα1 protein sequence of 527 amino acids showed similarity to other plant karyopherin α proteins. When LeKAPα1 was expressed in a yeast two-hybrid system together with the gene coding for the capsid protein (CP) of the tomato yellow curl leaf virus (TYLCV), it interacted directly with CP. Thus, LeKAPα1 may be involved in the nuclear import of TYLCV CP and, potentially, the TYLCV genomes during viral infection of the host tomato cells.
KW - Karyopherin α
KW - Lycopersicon esculentum
KW - TYLCV
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032923183&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/jxb/50.334.731
DO - 10.1093/jxb/50.334.731
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AN - SCOPUS:0032923183
SN - 0022-0957
VL - 50
SP - 731
EP - 732
JO - Journal of Experimental Botany
JF - Journal of Experimental Botany
IS - 334
ER -