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    Virus Res. 2007 Dec;130(1-2):43-52. Epub 2007 Jun 28.

    RNA-dependent RNA polymerase from Atlantic halibut nodavirus contains two signals for localization to the mitochondria.

    Mézeth KB, Nylund S, Henriksen H, Patel S, Nerland AH, Szilvay AM.

    Department of Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Norway.

    Nodaviruses encode an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase called Protein A that is responsible for replication of the viral RNA segments. The intracellular localization of Protein A from a betanodavirus isolated from Atlantic halibut (AHNV) was studied in infected fish cells and in transfected mammalian cells expressing Myc-tagged wild type Protein A and mutants. In infected cells Protein A localized to cytoplasmic structures resembling mitochondria and in transfected mammalian cells the AHNV Protein A was found to co-localize with mitochondrial proteins. Two independent mitochondrial targeting signals, one N-terminal comprising residues 1-40 and one internal consisting of residues 225-246 were sufficient to target both Protein A deletion mutants and enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) to the mitochondria. The N-terminal signal corresponds to the mitochondrial targeting sequence of the Flock House Virus (FHV) Protein A while the internal signal is similar to the single targeting signal previously found in Greasy Grouper Nervous Necrosis Virus (GGNNV) Protein A.

    PMID: 17602779 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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