PMID- 25557977 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160216 LR - 20201209 IS - 1872-7492 (Electronic) IS - 0168-1702 (Linking) VI - 202 DP - 2015 Apr 16 TI - Proteolytic processing of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus replicase. PG - 48-59 LID - S0168-1702(14)00541-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.12.027 [doi] AB - The porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) replicase polyproteins pp1a and pp1ab are proteolytically processed by four proteases encoded in ORF1a. In this study, a large set of PRRSV replicase cleavage products were identified and pp1a cleavage sites were verified by using a combination of bioinformatics, proteomics, immunoprecipitation, and site-directed mutagenesis. For genotype 1 PRRSV (isolate SD01-08), proteomic analysis identified H180/S181, G385/A386, and G1446/A1447 as the cleavage sites separating nsp1alpha/1beta, nsp1beta/nsp2, and nsp2/nsp3, respectively. Transient expression of nsp2-8, nsp3-8, nsp4-8, nsp5-8 (using the recombinant vaccinia virus/T7 RNA polymerase system) and immunoprecipitation identified the cleavage end products nsp2, nsp3, nsp4, nsp7alpha and nsp7beta, and various processing intermediates. Our studies also revealed the existence of alternative proteolytic processing pathways for the processing of the nsp3-8 region, depending on the presence or absence of nsp2 as a co-factor. The identity of most cleavage products was further corroborated by site-directed mutagenesis of individual cleavage sites in constructs expressing nsp3-8 or nsp4-8. This study constitutes the first in-depth experimental analysis of PRRSV replicase processing and the data are discussed against the background of the processing scheme previously derived for the arterivirus prototype, the distantly related equine arteritis virus (EAV). Despite several differences between the two viruses, of which the functional significance remains to be studied, our study demonstrates the general conservation of the replicase pp1a processing scheme between EAV and PRRSV, and likely also the other members of the arterivirus family. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Li, Yanhua AU - Li Y AD - Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA; Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA. FAU - Tas, Ali AU - Tas A AD - Department of Medical Microbiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - Sun, Zhi AU - Sun Z AD - Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA. FAU - Snijder, Eric J AU - Snijder EJ AD - Department of Medical Microbiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. Electronic address: e.j.snijder@lumc.nl. FAU - Fang, Ying AU - Fang Y AD - Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA; Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA. Electronic address: yfang@vet.k-state.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20141231 PL - Netherlands TA - Virus Res JT - Virus research JID - 8410979 RN - 0 (Viral Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.7.48 (RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Computational Biology MH - Immunoprecipitation MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/*enzymology/*physiology MH - *Protein Processing, Post-Translational MH - Proteolysis MH - Proteomics MH - RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase/*metabolism MH - Viral Proteins/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Arterivirus OT - Cleavage site OT - Nidovirus OT - Nonstructural protein OT - Protease OT - Replication EDAT- 2015/01/06 06:00 MHDA- 2016/02/18 06:00 CRDT- 2015/01/06 06:00 PHST- 2014/10/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/12/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/12/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/01/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/01/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/02/18 06:00 [medline] AID - S0168-1702(14)00541-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.12.027 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Virus Res. 2015 Apr 16;202:48-59. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.12.027. Epub 2014 Dec 31.