Murine cytomegalovirus（MCMV） IE3 protein is a multifunctional viral protein that inter-acts with several target proteins of both viral and host cellular origin.To investigate the biological func-tion of IE3 in the p...Murine cytomegalovirus（MCMV） IE3 protein is a multifunctional viral protein that inter-acts with several target proteins of both viral and host cellular origin.To investigate the biological func-tion of IE3 in the pathogenesis of the brain disorders caused by CMV,a screening for host cellular pro-teins that could interact with IE3 was performed.By yeast two-hybrid screening,ankyrin repeats do-main 17（Ankrd17,also known as Gtar） was identified as a host factor that could interact with IE3.This interaction was verified by yeast two-hybrid assay and chemiluminescent co-immunoprecipitaion.Map-ping analysis suggested that the 1-148 residues of IE3 were responsible for the interaction.These results suggested that the interaction between Ankrd17 and IE3 may play a key role in the pathogenesis of MCMV-associated disease.展开更多
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文摘Murine cytomegalovirus（MCMV） IE3 protein is a multifunctional viral protein that inter-acts with several target proteins of both viral and host cellular origin.To investigate the biological func-tion of IE3 in the pathogenesis of the brain disorders caused by CMV,a screening for host cellular pro-teins that could interact with IE3 was performed.By yeast two-hybrid screening,ankyrin repeats do-main 17（Ankrd17,also known as Gtar） was identified as a host factor that could interact with IE3.This interaction was verified by yeast two-hybrid assay and chemiluminescent co-immunoprecipitaion.Map-ping analysis suggested that the 1-148 residues of IE3 were responsible for the interaction.These results suggested that the interaction between Ankrd17 and IE3 may play a key role in the pathogenesis of MCMV-associated disease.
