Insights into the capsid structure of banana bunchy top virus

Venkataraman, S and Selvarajan, R and Subramanian, SS and Handanahalli, SS (2022) Insights into the capsid structure of banana bunchy top virus. In: 3 Biotech, 12 (7).

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Abstract

Banana is the major staple food crop for approximately 400 million people. Bunchy top disease of banana is one of the most devastating diseases caused by banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), which results in stunting of plants, bunchy appearance of leaves and a significant loss of yield. While many isolates of BBTV from various regions of India have been characterized by different groups, no structural study exists for this important virus. To bridge this gap, the pET28a clone of the coat protein (CP) gene from BBTV isolate of Hill banana grown in lower Pulney Hills (Virupakshi) of Tamilnadu was expressed in BL21 (DE3) pLysS. Purification of the CP was achieved by Ni–NTA affinity chromatography. In vitro capsid assembly studied using sucrose density gradient centrifugation suggested that the CP did not assemble as a virus-like particle (VLP), but remained as smaller oligomers. Studies using dynamic light scattering (DLS) indicate that the purified protein is poly-dispersed, represented majorly as pentamers. Homology modeling studies provided useful insights into the probable fold of the CP suggesting that it is a β-sandwich, similar to that seen in the majority of plant viruses. In silico capsid reconstruction aided the understanding of the quaternary organization of subunits in the capsid and their molecular interactions. The location of the aphid-binding EAG motif was identified on the surface loops close to the pentameric axis indicating its role in vector-mediated transmission. Comparison with the CP and capsid structure of geminiviruses provided useful insights into the mode of nucleic acid binding and the role of genome during capsid assembly.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	3 Biotech
Publisher:	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to the Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
Keywords:	Bunchy top disease; Coat protein; Nanovirus; ssDNA; Structure analysis Bunchy top disease; Coat protein; Nanovirus; ssDNA; Structure analysis Bunchy top disease; Coat protein; Nanovirus; ssDNA; Structure analysis
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Biochemistry
Date Deposited:	29 Jun 2022 07:24
Last Modified:	29 Jun 2022 07:24
URI:	https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/73962

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