Identification of Marek's Disease Virus VP22 Tegument Protein Domains Essential for Virus Cell-to-Cell Spread, Nuclear Localization, Histone Association and Cell-Cycle Arrest.

ABSTRACT: VP22 is a major tegument protein of alphaherpesviruses encoded by the UL49 gene. Two properties of VP22 were discovered by studying Marek's disease virus (MDV), the Mardivirus prototype; it has a major role in virus cell-to-cell spread and in cell cycle modulation. This 249 AA-long protein contains three regions including a conserved central domain. To decipher the functional VP22 domains and their relationships, we generated three series of recombinant MDV genomes harboring a modified UL49 gene and assessed their effect on virus spread. Mutated VP22 were also tested for their ability to arrest the cell cycle, subcellular location and histones copurification after overexpression in cells. We demonstrated that the N-terminus of VP22 associated with its central domain is essent

SUBMITTER: Trapp-Fragnet L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6631903 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature