G5, a Phage Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Protein, Fused with a Nuclear Localization Signal, Attenuates Symptoms and Reduces Begomovirus-Betasatellite Accumulation in Transgenic Plants

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• 作者：Ghulam Rasool ; Sumaira Yousaf ; Afzal Akram ; Shahid Mansoor…
• 刊名：Molecular Biotechnology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：September 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：58
• 期：8-9
• 页码：595-602
• 全文大小：1,119 KB
• 刊物主题：Biotechnology; Biochemistry, general; Cell Biology; Protein Science; Biological Techniques; Human Genetics;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1559-0305
• 卷排序：58

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Cotton leaf curl disease is caused by several monopartite begomoviruses and is the major threat to cotton production in the Indian subcontinent. The disease has been shown to be associated with four distinct species, including Cotton leaf curl Kokhran virus (CLCuKoV), and a specific betasatellite—Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite (CLCuMuB). Transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana plants were produced which constitutively express the Escherichia coli phage M13 encoded, sequence nonspecific single-stranded (ss) DNA-binding protein, G5 alone and fused with the maize opaque-2 nuclear localization signal (NLS), to evaluate resistance against CLCuKoV-CLCuMuB. Transgenic plants expressing only G5 performed poorly exhibiting symptoms of infection and high virus DNA levels upon inoculation with CLCuKoV and CLCuKoV with CLCuMuB. In contrast, plants transformed with G5 fused to the NLS developed mild symptoms and showed a reduction in virus and betasatellite DNA levels in comparison to nontransformed plants. The results show that G5 may be useful in developing broad-spectrum resistance against ssDNA viruses.KeywordsCotton leaf curl diseaseBegomovirusBetasatellitessDNA-binding proteinG5Transgene resistance