Virus-like particles of potato leafroll virus as potential carrier system for nucleic acids (original) (raw)

2005, Acta Biochimica Polonica

Potato leafroll virus is a member of the polerovirus genus. The isometric virion is formed by a coat protein encapsidating single-stranded, positive-sense, mono-partite genomic RNA with covalently attached viral protein at the 5' end. The coat protein of the virus exists in two forms: i) a 23 kDa protein, the product of the coat protein gene, and ii) a 78 kDa protein, the product of the coat protein gene and an additional open reading frame expressed by read-through of the coat protein gene stop codon. The aim of this work was the expression of potato leafroll virus coat protein-based proteins that would be able to assemble into virus-like particles in insect cells. These modified particles were tested for their ability to encapsidate nucleic acids. Two types of N-terminally His-tagged coat protein constructs were used for the expression in insect cells: one, encoding a 23 kDa protein with the C-terminal amino-acid sequence corresponding to the wild type coat protein and the sec...

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