PMID- 15105549 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20040614 LR - 20200303 IS - 0022-1317 (Print) IS - 0022-1317 (Linking) VI - 85 IP - Pt 5 DP - 2004 May TI - Characterization of human herpesvirus 6 variant B immediate-early 1 protein modifications by small ubiquitin-related modifiers. PG - 1319-1328 LID - 10.1099/vir.0.19610-0 [doi] AB - The human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) immediate-early (IE) 1 protein undergoes SUMOylation events during the infectious process. In the present work, we report that Lys-802 (K-802) of IE1 from HHV-6 variant B is the only target residue capable of conjugation to SUMO-1/SMT3C/Sentrin-1, SUMO-2/SMT3A/Sentrin-3 or SUMO-3/SMT3B/Sentrin-2 as determined by transfection and in vitro SUMOylation experiments. PolySUMOylated forms of IE1 were also observed, suggesting that SUMO branching occurs at the K-802 residue. Overexpression of SUMO-1, -2 and -3 led to an overall increase in IE1 levels, irrespective of K-802. The SUMO residues could be efficiently removed by incubating SUMOylated IE1 with SENP1, a recently identified SUMO peptidase. SUMOylation-deficient mutants of IE1 co-localized with nuclear promyelocytic leukaemia protein (PML) oncogenic domains (PODs) as efficiently as WT IE1, indicating that POD targeting is independent of IE1 SUMOylation status. However, in contrast to infection, PODs did not aggregate in IE1B-transfected cells, suggesting that other viral proteins are involved in the process. Transactivation studies indicated that IE1, in combination with IE2, could efficiently transactivate diverse promoters, independent of its SUMOylation status. Overall, the results presented provide a detailed biochemical characterization of post-translational modifications of the HHV-6 IE1 protein by SUMO peptides, contributing to our understanding of the complex interactions between herpesviruses and the SUMO-conjugation pathway. FAU - Gravel, Annie AU - Gravel A AD - Laboratory of Virology, Rheumatology and Immunology Research Center, Room T1-49, CHUL Research Center and Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, 2705 Laurier Blvd, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada G1V 4G2. FAU - Dion, Valerie AU - Dion V AD - Laboratory of Virology, Rheumatology and Immunology Research Center, Room T1-49, CHUL Research Center and Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, 2705 Laurier Blvd, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada G1V 4G2. FAU - Cloutier, Nathalie AU - Cloutier N AD - Laboratory of Virology, Rheumatology and Immunology Research Center, Room T1-49, CHUL Research Center and Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, 2705 Laurier Blvd, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada G1V 4G2. FAU - Gosselin, Jean AU - Gosselin J AD - Laboratory of Viral Immunology, Rheumatology and Immunology Research Center, Room T1-49, CHUL Research Center and Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, 2705 Laurier Blvd, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada G1V 4G2. FAU - Flamand, Louis AU - Flamand L AD - Laboratory of Virology, Rheumatology and Immunology Research Center, Room T1-49, CHUL Research Center and Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, 2705 Laurier Blvd, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada G1V 4G2. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - J Gen Virol JT - The Journal of general virology JID - 0077340 RN - 0 (Immediate-Early Proteins) RN - 0 (Phosphoproteins) RN - 0 (Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier Proteins) RN - 0 (immediate-early 1 protein, human herpesvirus 6) RN - K3Z4F929H6 (Lysine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Herpesvirus 6, Human/*metabolism MH - Immediate-Early Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Lysine MH - Mutation MH - Phosphoproteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Protein Processing, Post-Translational MH - Protein Structure, Tertiary MH - Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier Proteins/*metabolism EDAT- 2004/04/24 05:00 MHDA- 2004/06/15 05:00 CRDT- 2004/04/24 05:00 PHST- 2004/04/24 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/06/15 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/04/24 05:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1099/vir.0.19610-0 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Gen Virol. 2004 May;85(Pt 5):1319-1328. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.19610-0.