Mutation of a single amino acid residue in the basic region of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) lytic cycle switch protein Zta (BZLF1) prevents reactivation of EBV from latency

Celine Schelcher, Celine Scheicher, Sarah Valencia, Henri Jacques Delecluse, Matthew Hicks, Alison J. Sinclair

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    Abstract

    Zta, the product of the BZLF1 gene carried by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), is crucial for reactivation of EBV from latency. Zta is a member of the bZIP family of transcription factors, and in common with many of these, Zta possesses a conserved cysteine residue in its basic region (C189) and a further cysteine residue in its ZIP region (C222). We demonstrate that C189 is required to reactivate EBV from latency but C222 is not and that this single amino acid affects two independent functions of Zta, (i) binding to a Zta-responsive site and (ii) manipulating the cell cycle. Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)13822-13828
    Number of pages6
    JournalJournal of virology
    Volume79
    Issue number21
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Nov 2005

    Keywords

    • physiology: Cell Cycle
    • Cell Line
    • genetics: Cysteine
    • chemistry: DNA-Binding Proteins
    • physiology: Herpesvirus 4, Human
    • Humans
    • Mutation
    • chemistry: Trans-Activators
    • chemistry: Viral Proteins
    • Virus Activation

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