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Amino acids of Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 3A essential for repression of Jkappa-mediated transcription and their evolutionary conservation.


ABSTRACT: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) nuclear antigen 3A (EBNA-3A) is essential for virus-mediated immortalization of B lymphocytes in vitro and is believed to regulate transcription of cellular and/or viral genes. One known mechanism of regulation is through its interaction with the cellular transcription factor Jkappa. This interaction downregulates transcription mediated by EBNA-2 and Jkappa. To identify the amino acids that play a role in this interaction, we have generated mutant EBNA-3A proteins. A mutant EBNA-3A protein in which alanine residues were substituted for amino acids 199, 200, and 202 no longer downregulated transcription. Surprisingly, this mutant protein remained able to coimmunoprecipitate with Jkappa. Using a reporter gene assay based on the recruitment of Jkappa by various regions spanning EBNA-3A, we have shown that this mutation abolished binding of Jkappa to the N-proximal region (amino acids 125 to 222) and that no other region of EBNA-3A alone was sufficient to mediate an association with Jkappa. To determine the biological significance of the interaction of EBNA-3A with Jkappa, we have studied its conservation in the simian lymphocryptovirus herpesvirus papio (HVP) by cloning HVP-3A, the homolog of EBNA-3A encoded by this virus. This 903-amino-acid protein exhibited 37% identity with its EBV counterpart, mainly within the amino-terminal half. HVP-3A also interacted with Jkappa through a region located between amino acids 127 and 223 and also repressed transcription mediated through EBNA-2 and Jkappa. The evolutionary conservation of this function, in proteins that have otherwise significantly diverged, argues strongly for an important biological role in virus-mediated immortalization of B lymphocytes.

SUBMITTER: Dalbies-Tran R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC113901 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Amino acids of Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 3A essential for repression of Jkappa-mediated transcription and their evolutionary conservation.

Dalbiès-Tran R R   Stigger-Rosser E E   Dotson T T   Sample C E CE  

Journal of virology 20010101 1


Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) nuclear antigen 3A (EBNA-3A) is essential for virus-mediated immortalization of B lymphocytes in vitro and is believed to regulate transcription of cellular and/or viral genes. One known mechanism of regulation is through its interaction with the cellular transcription factor Jkappa. This interaction downregulates transcription mediated by EBNA-2 and Jkappa. To identify the amino acids that play a role in this interaction, we have generated mutant EBNA-3A proteins. A mut  ...[more]

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