| Literature DB >> 16025239 |
Mei Yu1, Zhaofei Li, Kai Yang, Tiehao Lin, Yingxue Gong, Lijing Pan, Yi Pang.
Abstract
Baculoviruses possess two types of genes that suppressed apoptosis, p35 and inhibitor of apoptosis (iap). Computer-assisted analysis indicated that Spodoptera litura multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpltMNPV) ORF55 (designated as the p49 gene) display 79 and 31% amino acid identity with Spodoptera littoralis (Spli)MNPV P49 and Autographa californica (Ac)MNPV P35, respectively, Splt MNPV putative P49 contains a peptide cleavage site TVTDG recognized by death caspases. In marker rescue assay, Splt-p49 was able to suppress apoptosis induced by infection of a mutant AcMNPV deficient in p35 and rescue the mutant virus replication from apoptosis in Sf-9 cells.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16025239 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-005-1786-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virus Genes ISSN: 0920-8569 Impact factor: 2.332