PMID- 22306009 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120507 LR - 20211021 IS - 1090-2104 (Electronic) IS - 0006-291X (Print) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 419 IP - 2 DP - 2012 Mar 9 TI - Biophysical characterisation of the nucleocapsid protein from a highly pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus strain. PG - 137-41 LID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.11.126 [doi] AB - The arterivirus nucleocapsid (N) protein is a multifunctional protein that binds viral RNA for encapsidation and has potential roles in host cell processes. This study characterised the N protein from a highly virulent North American strain of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). The association with viral RNA was mapped to defined motifs on the N protein. The results indicated that disulphide bridge formation played a key role in RNA binding, offering an explanation why infectious virus cannot be rescued if cysteine residues are mutated, and that multiple sites may promote RNA binding. CI - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Jourdan, Stefanie S AU - Jourdan SS AD - Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 6JP, UK. FAU - Osorio, Fernando A AU - Osorio FA FAU - Hiscox, Julian A AU - Hiscox JA LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120128 PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 0 (Nucleocapsid Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Viral) RN - K848JZ4886 (Cysteine) RN - OF5P57N2ZX (Alanine) SB - IM MH - Alanine/genetics/metabolism MH - Amino Acid Substitution MH - Animals MH - Cysteine/genetics/*metabolism MH - Nucleocapsid Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/*virology MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/genetics/*pathogenicity MH - RNA, Viral/*metabolism MH - Swine PMC - PMC7092862 EDAT- 2012/02/07 06:00 MHDA- 2012/05/09 06:00 PMCR- 2012/01/28 CRDT- 2012/02/07 06:00 PHST- 2011/11/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/11/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/02/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/02/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/05/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/01/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0006-291X(11)02154-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.11.126 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2012 Mar 9;419(2):137-41. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.11.126. Epub 2012 Jan 28.