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Journal of Virology, March 2002, p. 2529-2542, Vol. 76, No. 5
0022-538X/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.5.2529-2542.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Translation of Polioviral mRNA Is Inhibited by Cleavage of Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Proteins Executed by Polioviral 3Cpro

*** Sung Hoon Back, Yoon Ki Kim, Woo Jae Kim, Sungchan Cho, Hoe Rang Oh, Jung-Eun Kim, and Sung Key Jang*

NRL, Department of Life Science, Division of Molecular and Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-784, Korea

Received 2 July 2001/ Accepted 4 December 2001

The translation of polioviral mRNA occurs through an internal ribosomal entry site (IRES). Several RNA-binding proteins, such as polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB) and poly(rC)-binding protein (PCBP), are required for the poliovirus IRES-dependent translation. Here we report that a poliovirus protein, 3Cpro (and/or 3CDpro), cleaves PTB isoforms (PTB1, PTB2, and PTB4). Three 3Cpro target sites (one major target site and two minor target sites) exist in PTBs. PTB fragments generated by poliovirus infection are redistributed to the cytoplasm from the nucleus, where most of the intact PTBs are localized. Moreover, these PTB fragments inhibit polioviral IRES-dependent translation in a cell-based assay system. We speculate that the proteolytic cleavage of PTBs may contribute to the molecular switching from translation to replication of polioviral RNA.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, San31 Hyoja Dong, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-784, Korea. Phone: 82-54-279-2298. Fax: 82-54-279-2199. E-mail: sungkey{at}postech.ac.kr.


Journal of Virology, March 2002, p. 2529-2542, Vol. 76, No. 5
0022-538X/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.5.2529-2542.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.




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