Nagar S, Pedersen T J, Carrick K M, Hanley-Bowdoin L, Robertson D
Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7612, USA.
Plant Cell. 1995 Jun;7(6):705-19. doi: 10.1105/tpc.7.6.705.
Geminiviruses are plant DNA viruses that replicate through DNA intermediates in plant nuclei. The viral components required for replication are known, but no host factors have yet been identified. We used immunolocalization to show that the replication proteins of the geminivirus tomato golden mosaic virus (TGMV) are located in nuclei of terminally differentiated cells that have left the cell cycle. In addition, TGMV infection resulted in a significant accumulation of the host DNA synthesis protein proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). PCNA, an accessory factor for DNA polymerase delta, was not present at detectable levels in healthy differentiated cells. The TGMV replication protein AL1 was sufficient to induce accumulation of PCNA in terminally differentiated cells of transgenic plants. Analysis of the mechanism(s) whereby AL1 induces the accumulation of host replication machinery in quiescent plant cells will provide a unique opportunity to study plant DNA synthesis.
双生病毒是一类植物DNA病毒,它们通过DNA中间体在植物细胞核中进行复制。已知复制所需的病毒成分,但尚未鉴定出宿主因子。我们利用免疫定位技术表明,双生病毒番茄金色花叶病毒(TGMV)的复制蛋白位于已退出细胞周期的终末分化细胞的细胞核中。此外,TGMV感染导致宿主DNA合成蛋白增殖细胞核抗原(PCNA)大量积累。PCNA是DNA聚合酶δ的辅助因子,在健康的分化细胞中检测不到其存在。TGMV复制蛋白AL1足以在转基因植物的终末分化细胞中诱导PCNA积累。分析AL1在静止植物细胞中诱导宿主复制机制积累的机制,将为研究植物DNA合成提供独特的机会。