Purification and functional characterization of tomato mosaic virus 130K protein expressed in silkworm pupae using a baculovirus vector.

Tomato mosaic virus (ToMV; genus, Tobamovirus) is a member of the alpha-like virus superfamily of positive-strand RNA viruses, which includes many plant and animal viruses of agronomical and clinical importance. The genomes of alpha-like viruses encode replication-associated proteins that contain methyltransferase, helicase and/or polymerase domains. The three-dimensional structure of the helicase domain fragment of ToMV has been determined, but the structures of the other domains of alpha-like virus replication proteins are not available.

Structural basis for the recognition-evasion arms race between Tomato mosaic virus and the resistance gene Tm-1.

The tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) resistance gene Tm-1 encodes a protein that shows no sequence homology to functionally characterized proteins. Tm-1 binds ToMV replication proteins and thereby inhibits replication complex formation. ToMV mutants that overcome this resistance have amino acid substitutions in the helicase domain of the replication proteins (ToMV-Hel).

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of the inhibitory domain of the tomato mosaic virus resistance protein Tm-1.

Tm-1, an inhibitor protein of Tomato mosaic virus RNA replication, contains two conserved domains: an uncharacterized domain at its N-terminus and a TIM-barrel-like domain at its C-terminus. The N-terminal domain of Tm-1 has an inhibitory activity and its three-dimensional structure has not been determined. Here, the crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction of the N-terminal domain of Tm-1 are reported.

Expression, purification, and functional characterization of an N-terminal fragment of the tomato mosaic virus resistance protein Tm-1.

Tm-1, the protein product of Tm-1, a semidominant resistance gene of tomato, inhibits tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) replication by binding to ToMV replication proteins. Previous studies suggested the importance of the Tm-1 N-terminal region for its inhibitory activity; however, it has not been determined if the N-terminal region is sufficient for inhibition. Furthermore, the three-dimensional structure of Tm-1 has not been determined.