Palmeri D, Malim M H
Graduate Group in Molecular Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-6148, USA.
J Virol. 1996 Sep;70(9):6442-5. doi: 10.1128/JVI.70.9.6442-6445.1996.
The Rex protein of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 is required for the nuclear export of unspliced viral mRNA and, therefore, for virus replication. In this manuscript, we demonstrate that Rex shuttles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm and that its activation domain constitutes a nuclear export signal that specifies efficient transport to the cytoplasm. These findings are consistent with a model for Rex-mediated trans-activation in which Rex-viral mRNA complexes are targeted for nuclear export by the direct action of the activation domain.
人类T细胞白血病病毒1型的Rex蛋白是未剪接病毒mRNA核输出所必需的,因此也是病毒复制所必需的。在本论文中,我们证明Rex在细胞核和细胞质之间穿梭,其激活结构域构成一个核输出信号,该信号指定向细胞质的有效转运。这些发现与Rex介导的反式激活模型一致,在该模型中,Rex-病毒mRNA复合物通过激活结构域的直接作用被靶向进行核输出。