Interaction of bovine adenovirus-3 33K protein with other viral proteins

Virology. 2008 Nov 10;381(1):29-35. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.08.015. Epub 2008 Sep 16.

Abstract

The adenovirus 33K protein appears to be a multifunctional protein performing different roles in viral infection. The involvement of 33K protein in different steps of adenovirus replication may require protein-protein interaction. Using 33K protein as a bait in the yeast two-hybrid system, we screened open reading frames (ORFs) of bovine adenovirus (BAdV)-3 for potential interactions with 33K protein. Interestingly, 33K protein showed specific interaction with 100K and pV proteins. The yeast two-hybrid findings were validated by in vitro binding using in vitro synthesized transcription-translation products, GST pull down assay and in vitro co-immunoprecipitation assay using protein-specific antibodies. We demonstrated, that the interaction of 33K protein with 100K and pV proteins takes place during BAdV-3 infection. Finally, our data suggests that the stretch of amino acids 81-120 and 161-200 in 33K protein are critical for the interaction with pV and 100K proteins, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenoviridae Infections / virology*
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Cell Line
  • Mastadenovirus / metabolism
  • Mastadenovirus / physiology*
  • Open Reading Frames / genetics
  • Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
  • Two-Hybrid System Techniques
  • Viral Proteins / genetics
  • Viral Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Viral Proteins