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A cellular Drosophila melanogaster protein with similarity to baculovirus F envelope fusion proteins.


ABSTRACT: Baculovirus F (fusion) proteins are found in the envelopes of budded virions. Recently a Drosophila melanogaster gene (CG4715) that encodes a protein with sequence similarity to baculovirus F proteins was discovered. To examine similarities and differences with baculovirus F proteins, we cloned the D. melanogaster cellular F (Dm-cF) protein gene and analyzed Dm-cF expression and localization. The predicted Dm-cF protein sequence lacks a furin cleavage site, and transiently expressed Dm-cF showed no protein cleavage and no detectable membrane fusion activity. In cell localization studies, transiently expressed Dm-cF was localized to intracellular organelles in D. melanogaster S2 cells, unlike baculovirus F proteins, which localize to cellular plasma membranes. Using reverse transcriptase PCR and Western blot analysis to examine Dm-cF expression in animals, we detected Dm-cF expression in both larval and adult D. melanogaster cells. However, Dm-cF expression was detected only in third instar larvae and adults, suggesting that Dm-cF expression may be developmentally regulated. We also identified genes related to Dm-cF in the genomes of two other Drosophila species, Drosophila yakuba and Drosophila pseudoobscura, and the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. These observations suggest that f genes may be present in the genomes of many insects. Conservation within and between 22 baculovirus and 4 insect F proteins was examined in detail. These studies demonstrate that Dm-cF is expressed in D. melanogaster and suggest that if baculovirus f genes are derived from a host cellular f gene, the function appears to have changed substantially upon adaptation to the baculovirus infection cycle.

SUBMITTER: Lung O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1143756 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A cellular Drosophila melanogaster protein with similarity to baculovirus F envelope fusion proteins.

Lung Oliver O   Blissard Gary W GW  

Journal of virology 20050701 13


Baculovirus F (fusion) proteins are found in the envelopes of budded virions. Recently a Drosophila melanogaster gene (CG4715) that encodes a protein with sequence similarity to baculovirus F proteins was discovered. To examine similarities and differences with baculovirus F proteins, we cloned the D. melanogaster cellular F (Dm-cF) protein gene and analyzed Dm-cF expression and localization. The predicted Dm-cF protein sequence lacks a furin cleavage site, and transiently expressed Dm-cF showed  ...[more]

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