RNA-dependent RNA polymerase from Atlantic halibut nodavirus contains two signals for localization to the mitochondria

Virus Res. 2007 Dec;130(1-2):43-52. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2007.05.014. Epub 2007 Jun 28.

Abstract

Nodaviruses encode an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase called Protein A that is responsible for replication of the viral RNA segments. The intracellular localization of Protein A from a betanodavirus isolated from Atlantic halibut (AHNV) was studied in infected fish cells and in transfected mammalian cells expressing Myc-tagged wild type Protein A and mutants. In infected cells Protein A localized to cytoplasmic structures resembling mitochondria and in transfected mammalian cells the AHNV Protein A was found to co-localize with mitochondrial proteins. Two independent mitochondrial targeting signals, one N-terminal comprising residues 1-40 and one internal consisting of residues 225-246 were sufficient to target both Protein A deletion mutants and enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) to the mitochondria. The N-terminal signal corresponds to the mitochondrial targeting sequence of the Flock House Virus (FHV) Protein A while the internal signal is similar to the single targeting signal previously found in Greasy Grouper Nervous Necrosis Virus (GGNNV) Protein A.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • CHO Cells
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cricetinae
  • Cricetulus
  • Cytoplasm / chemistry
  • Flounder / virology
  • Mitochondria / chemistry*
  • Nodaviridae / genetics*
  • Nodaviridae / isolation & purification
  • Nodaviridae / physiology*
  • Protein Sorting Signals*
  • RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase / analysis*
  • RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase / genetics*

Substances

  • Protein Sorting Signals
  • RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase