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Biochemical characterization of C4 protein of cotton leaf curl Kokhran virus-Dabawali

Guha, Debojit and Priyadarshini, Poornima CG and Purakayastha, Arunima and Thippeswamy, R and Lakshmikanth, M and Savithri, HS (2013) Biochemical characterization of C4 protein of cotton leaf curl Kokhran virus-Dabawali. In: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, 1830 (6). pp. 3734-3744.

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Abstract

Background: Cotton leaf curl Kokhran Virus-Dabawali (CLCuKV-Dab) is a monopartite begomovirus encoding two proteins V1 and V2 in the virion sense and four proteins Cl, C2, C3 and C4 in the complementary sense. The C4 protein of monopartite begomoviruses has been implicated to play a role in symptom determination and virus movement. The present work aims at the biochemical characterization of this protein. Methods: The C4 protein of CLCuKV-Dab was purified in fusion with GST and tested for the ability to hydrolyze ATP and other phosphate containing compounds. ATPase activity was assayed by using radiolabeled gamma-32P]-ATP and separating the product of reaction by thin layer chromatography. The hydrolysis of other compounds was monitored by the formation of a blue colored phosphomolybdate complex which was estimated by measuring the absorbance at 655 nm. Results: The purified GST-C4 protein exhibited metal ion dependent ATPase and inorganic pyrophosphatase activities. Deletion of a sequence resembling the catalytic motif present in phosphotyrosine phosphatases resulted in 70% reduction in both the activities. Mutational analysis suggested arginine 13 to be catalytically important for the ATPase and cysteine 8 for the pyrophosphatase activity of GST-C4. Interaction of V2 with GST-C4 resulted in an increase in both the enzymatic activities of GST-C4. Conclusions: The residues important for the enzymatic activities of GST-C4 are present in a motif different from the classical Walker motifs and the non-classical ATP binding motifs reported so far. General significance: The C4 protein of CLCuKV-Dab, a putative natively unfolded protein, exhibits enzymatic activities.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Additional Information: Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords: Geminivirus; Natively Unfolded; ATPase; Phosphotyrosine Phosphatase; Inorganic Pyrophosphatase; Protein-Protein Interaction
Department/Centre: Division of Biological Sciences > Biochemistry
Date Deposited: 11 Jul 2013 06:24
Last Modified: 11 Jul 2013 06:24
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/46778

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