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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Pre-P Is a Secreted Glycoprotein Encoded as an N-Terminal Extension of the Duck Hepatitis B Virus Polymerase Gene |
Author: | Cao, F. Scougall, C. Jilbert, A. Travis, J. |
Citation: | Journal of Virology, 2009; 83(3):1368-1378 |
Publisher: | Amer Soc Microbiology |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
ISSN: | 0022-538X 1098-5514 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Feng Cao, Catherine A. Scougall, Allison R. Jilbert and John E. Tavis |
Abstract: | The duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) pregenomic RNA is a bicistronic mRNA encoding the core and polymerase proteins. Thirteen AUGs (C2 to C14) and 10 stop codons (S1 to S10) are located between the C1 AUG for the core protein and the P1 AUG that initiates polymerase translation. We previously found that the translation of the DHBV polymerase is initiated by ribosomal shunting. Here, we assessed the biosynthetic events after shunting. Translation of the polymerase open reading frame was found to initiate at the C13, C14, and P1 AUGs. Initiation at the C13 AUG occurred through ribosomal shunting because translation from this codon was cap dependent but was insensitive to blocking ribosomal scanning internally in the message. C13 and C14 are in frame with P1, and translation from these upstream start codons led to the production of larger isoforms of P. We named these isoforms "pre-P" by analogy to the pre-C and pre-S regions of the core and surface antigen open reading frames. Pre-P was produced in DHBV16 and AusDHBV-infected duck liver and was predicted to exist in 80% of avian hepadnavirus strains. Pre-P was not encapsidated into DHBV core particles, and the viable strain DHBV3 cannot make pre-P, so it is not essential for viral replication. Surprisingly, we found that pre-P is an N-linked glycoprotein that is secreted into the medium of cultured cells. These data indicate that DHBV produces an additional protein that has not been previously reported. Identifying the role of pre-P may improve our understanding of the biology of DHBV infection. |
Keywords: | Cell Line Ribosomes Animals Chickens Hepatitis B Virus, Duck Isoenzymes DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases Blotting, Western Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel Protein Biosynthesis Glycosylation Open Reading Frames |
DOI: | 10.1128/JVI.01263-08 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01263-08 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Molecular and Biomedical Science publications |
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