The Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) V2 protein inhibits enzymatic activity of the host papain-like cysteine protease CYP1

  • Amalia Bar-Ziv
  • , Yael Levy
  • , Vitaly Citovsky
  • , Yedidya Gafni

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Abstract

The viral V2 protein is one of the key factors that Tomato yellow leaf curl geminivirus (TYLCV), a major tomato pathogen worldwide, utilizes to combat the host defense. Besides suppressing the plant RNA silencing defense by targeting the host SGS3 component of the silencing machinery, V2 also interacts with the host CYP1 protein, a papain-like cysteine protease likely involved in hypersensitive response reactions. The biological effects of the V2-CYP1 interaction, however, remain unknown. We addressed this question by demonstrating that V2 inhibits the enzymatic activity of CYP1, but does not interfere with post-translational maturation of this protein.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)525-529
Number of pages5
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume460
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 May 2015

Bibliographical note

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Funding

This work was supported by the US–Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development (BARD) grant IS-4605-13C and by the US–Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) grant 2011070 , to V.C. and Y.G. V.C. is also supported by NIH , grant R01 GM50224 , USDA/NIFA , grant 2013-02918 and NSF , grant MCB1118491 . This paper is a contribution from the Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel, No. 216/2014.

FundersFunder number
USDA/NIFA2013-02918
US–Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development
US-Israel Binational Science Foundation
National Science FoundationMCB1118491
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of General Medical SciencesR01GM050224
United States - Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development FundIS-4605-13C
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation2011070

    Keywords

    • CYP1
    • Papain-like cysteine protease
    • Programmed cell death
    • TYLCV
    • V2 protein

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