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Functional studies of infectivity factor 3 of nucleopolyhedrovirus Free

Abstract

PIF3 is one of the six conserved infectivity factors (PIFs) of baculoviruses. In this study, PIF3 of nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) was analysed by infectivity bioassays using a series of recombinant viruses harbouring various PIF3 truncation/substitution mutants. The results demonstrated that the N-terminal region (L26–Y45) and C-terminal region (T160–Q199) are essential for HearNPV oral infectivity. In the C-terminal T160–Q199 region, there are three conserved cysteines (C162, C164 and C185). Our results showed that substitutions of C162 or C164, predicted to be involved in disulfide-bond formation, led to a severe decrease in HearNPV infectivity. Mutation of C185, predicted not to be involved in disulfide-bond formation, did not affect the infectivity. The data suggest that disulfide bonds are important for PIF3 conformation and function. Immunofluorescence assays showed that none of the mutations affected the subcellular localization of PIF3 to the nuclear ring zone region of infected cells. Western blot results showed that all mutants except C162G and C185G failed to incorporate PIF3 into occlusion-derived viruses, which resulted in impaired oral infectivity of the latter. The data provide insights for future study of PIF3 function.

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Functional studies of per os infectivity factor 3 of Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus
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