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Temporal Analysis of the Nuclear-to-cytoplasmic Translocation of a Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Protein by Immunofluorescent Confocal Microscopy
Published on: November 4, 2018
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus processivity factor-8 dimerizes in cytoplasm before being translocated to
Xia Zhou1, Qingjiao Liao, Robert P Ricciardi
1State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, PR China.
Abstract:
The processivity factor-8 (PF-8) of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) plays an essential role in viral lytic replication. PF-8 forms homodimers in solution and is observed as a dimer on the DNA. Here, we show that PF-8 dimerizes in cells and that amino acid residues 1-21 and residues 277-304 of PF-8 (396R) are required for dimerization in vivo. Importantly, we demonstrate that PF-8 dimerizes in the cytoplasm before being translocated to the nucleus. The significance of PF-8 cytoplasmic dimerization as a possible first step in the formation of a prereplication complex is discussed.
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