The viral ubiquitin gene of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus is not essential for viral replication

Virology
L M Reilly, L A Guarino

Abstract

The baculovirus Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcNPV) encodes a protein with significant homology to ubiquitin. To study the role of viral ubiquitin in infection, a recombinant virus was constructed with a frameshift mutation within the coding sequence of the viral ubiquitin gene, v-ubi. This recombinant, named Vubi-FS, was viable, indicating that viral ubiquitin is not essential for replication in tissue culture. However, the yields of infectious budded virus were decreased 5- to 10-fold in single step growth curves, and the production of total budded virions was reduced to a similar extent. The mutant virus particles contained the phospholipid-modified form of ubiquitin (Pt-Ub), and amino acid sequence analysis revealed that only host ubiquitin was packaged into virions. Together, these results suggest that viral ubiquitin is a nonessential protein that may confer a slight growth advantage under certain conditions.

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