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Limitations on the use of fused green fluorescent protein to investigate structure–function relationships for the cauliflower mosaic virus movement protein

John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK¹

Author for correspondence: Andy Maule. Fax +44 1603 450045. e-mail andy.maule{at}bbsrc.ac.uk

To investigate the process of tubule formation for the cauliflower mosaic virus movement protein (CaMV MP), the green fluorescent protein (GFP) was fused to the MP to provide a vital marker for MP location after expression in insect cells. In contrast to the long tubular structures seen previously following baculovirus-based expression of the wild-type MP, the fusion protein produced only aggregates of fluorescing material in the cytoplasm. However, by co-expressing wild-type MP and GFP–MP, or by engineering their co-accumulation by introducing a foot-and-mouth disease virus 2A cleavage sequence between GFP and MP, long GFP-fluorescing tubules were formed. The experiments suggest that the presence of GFP at the N or C terminus of the tubule-forming domain of the CaMV MP places steric constraints upon the aggregation of the MP into a tubule but that this can be overcome by providing wild-type protein for inclusion in the aggregate.

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