Poenisch Marion, Wille Sandra, Ackermann Andreas, Staeheli Peter, Schneider Urs
Department of Virology, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Strasse 11, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
J Virol. 2007 Jul;81(13):7297-9. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02468-06. Epub 2007 Apr 11.
The X gene of Borna disease virus (BDV) encodes a nonstructural 10-kDa protein that can interact with viral polymerase cofactor P, thus regulating polymerase activity. It remained unknown whether X is essential for virus multiplication. All our attempts to generate mutant BDV with a nonfunctional X gene proved unsuccessful. However, a mutant virus with an inactive X gene was able to replicate in Vero cells if an artificial gene cassette encoding X was inserted at a site near the 5' end of the viral genome. These results indicate that X performs essential viral functions.
博尔纳病病毒(BDV)的X基因编码一种非结构10 kDa蛋白,该蛋白可与病毒聚合酶辅因子P相互作用,从而调节聚合酶活性。X基因对于病毒增殖是否必不可少尚不清楚。我们所有构建X基因无功能的突变型BDV的尝试均未成功。然而,如果将编码X的人工基因盒插入病毒基因组5'端附近的位点,X基因失活的突变病毒能够在Vero细胞中复制。这些结果表明,X基因发挥着至关重要的病毒功能。