Diverse conserved domains and a positively‐selected site in the sugarcane streak mosaic virus P1 protein are essential for RNA silencing suppression and protein stability,Plant Pathology

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Diverse conserved domains and a positively‐selected site in the sugarcane streak mosaic virus P1 protein are essential for RNA silencing suppression and protein stability
Plant Pathology ( IF 2.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-05-31 , DOI: 10.1111/ppa.13210
Jian‐Sheng Chen ₁ , Shan‐Shan Liang ₁ , Sheng‐Ren Sun ₁ , Mona B. Damaj ₂ , Hua‐Ying Fu ₁ , San‐Ji Gao ₁

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RNA silencing is one of the conserved antiviral mechanisms in plants, and viruses encode RNA silencing suppressors (RSS) to overcome host RNA silencing and facilitate virus infection. Sugarcane streak mosaic virus (SCSMV; species Sugarcane streak mosaic virus, genus Poacevirus, family Potyviridae) is a major causal agent of sugarcane mosaic disease in many countries in Asia, including China. In this study, we used Agrobacterium co‐infiltration to show that the SCSMV P1 protein, rather than the helper component‐proteinase (HC‐Pro), functions as a strong RSS to suppress local RNA silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana. Mutational analysis indicated that the 15 amino acids (aa; aa 1–15) of the SCSMV P1 N‐terminus were not important for RNA silencing suppression, but rather another 15 aa domain (aa 108–122) containing a conserved motif (LFR/KNKQAYIST) was essential for efficient silencing suppression by P1. In addition to the 15 aa (aa 344–358) domain in the P1 N‐terminus, another 15 aa domain (aa 65–79) of P1, containing the LXKA motif and one conserved aa (D78), were associated with P1 protein stability. Furthermore, substituting the histidine (H263) residue in P1 with threonine (H263T) or alanine (H263A) also affected P1 protein stability. Notably, the H263 residue is both a positively selected site and part of the serine protease catalytic triad (HDS). Taken together, our data demonstrate that SCSMV P1, and not HC‐Pro, plays a functional role in suppressing RNA silencing, and also show that some conserved motifs and a positivelyselected site in the P1 protein are associated with RSS activity and protein stability.

更新日期：2020-05-31

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