The tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) V2 protein interacts with the host papain-like cysteine protease CYP1

Amalia Bar-Ziv, Yael Levy, Hagit Hak, Anahit Mett, Eduard Belausov, Vitaly Citovsky, Yedidya Gafni

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Abstract

The V2 protein of Tomato yellow leaf curl geminivirus (TYLCV) is an RNA-silencing suppressor that counteracts the innate immune response of the host plant. However, this anti-host defense function of V2 may include targeting of other defensive mechanisms of the plant. Specifically, we show that V2 recognizes and directly binds the tomato CYP1 protein, a member of the family of papain-like cysteine proteases which are involved in plant defense against diverse pathogens. This binding occurred both in vitro and in vivo, within living plant cells. The V2 binding site within mCYP1 was identified in the direct proximity to the papain-like cysteine protease active site.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)983-989
Number of pages7
JournalPlant Signaling and Behavior
Volume7
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2012

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development (BARD) grant IS-4237 to V.C. and Y.G., and by the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) grant 2007140 to Y.G. The work in V.C.’s lab was supported by grants from NIH, NSF and NIFA/USDA. This paper is a contribution from the Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel, No. 106/2012

Funding

This work was supported by the US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development (BARD) grant IS-4237 to V.C. and Y.G., and by the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) grant 2007140 to Y.G. The work in V.C.’s lab was supported by grants from NIH, NSF and NIFA/USDA. This paper is a contribution from the Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel, No. 106/2012

FundersFunder number
National Institute of General Medical SciencesR01GM050224
United States - Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development FundIS-4237
Agricultural Research Council106/2012
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation2007140

    Keywords

    • CYP1
    • Papain-like cysteine protease
    • Protein interaction
    • TYLCV
    • V2 protein

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