Park Junsoo, Lee Myung-Shin, Yoo Seung-Min, Jeong Kwi Wan, Lee Daeyoup, Choe Joonho, Seo Taegun
Korea Basic Science Institute, Gwangju, Korea.
J Virol. 2007 Nov;81(22):12680-4. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00556-07. Epub 2007 Sep 12.
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the etiological agent of Kaposi's sarcoma. The open reading frame (K9) of KSHV encodes viral interferon regulatory factor 1 (vIRF1), which functions as a repressor of interferon-mediated signal transduction. The amino-terminal region of vIRF1 displays significant homology to the DNA-binding domain of cellular interferon regulatory factors, supporting the theory that the protein interacts with specific DNA sequences. Here, we identify the consensus sequence of vIRF1-binding sites from a pool of random oligonucleotides. Moreover, our data show that vIRF1 interacts with the K3:viral dihydrofolate reductase:viral interleukin 6 promoter region in the KSHV genome.
卡波西肉瘤相关疱疹病毒(KSHV)是卡波西肉瘤的病原体。KSHV的开放阅读框(K9)编码病毒干扰素调节因子1(vIRF1),其作为干扰素介导的信号转导的抑制剂发挥作用。vIRF1的氨基末端区域与细胞干扰素调节因子的DNA结合结构域显示出显著的同源性,支持了该蛋白与特定DNA序列相互作用的理论。在此,我们从一组随机寡核苷酸中鉴定出vIRF1结合位点的共有序列。此外,我们的数据表明vIRF1与KSHV基因组中的K3:病毒二氢叶酸还原酶:病毒白细胞介素6启动子区域相互作用。