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Incomplete DRB4-dependence of the DCL4-mediated antiviral defense

文献类型: 外文期刊

作者: Zhang, Xiaofeng 1 ; Zhang, Xiuchun 1 ; Wu, Kunxin 1 ; Liu, Zhixin 1 ; Li, Dawei 4 ; Qu, Feng 2 ;

作者机构: 1.Chinese Acad Trop Agr Sci, Key Lab Biol & Genet Resources Trop Crops, Minist Agr, Inst Trop Biosci & Biotechnol, Haikou, Peoples R China

2.Ohio State Univ, Dept Plant Pathol, Wooster, OH 44691 USA

3.Fujian Agr & Forestry Univ, Fujian Prov Key Lab Plant Virol, Inst Plant Virol, Fuzhou, Fujian, Peoples R China

4.China Agr Univ, Coll Biol Sci, State Key Lab Agrobiotechnol, Beijing, Peoples R China

期刊名称:SCIENTIFIC REPORTS ( 影响因子:4.379; 五年影响因子:5.133 )

ISSN: 2045-2322

年卷期: 2016 年 6 卷

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收录情况: SCI

摘要: The double-stranded RNA-binding protein DRB4 of Arabidopsis was shown previously to contribute to the DICER-LIKE 4 (DCL4)-mediated biogenesis of viral small interfering RNAs (vsiRNAs) of 21 nucleotides (nt) in size. However, it is unclear whether all 21-nt vsiRNAs are dependent on this DRB4-DCL4 partnership. To resolve this question, we generated dcl2drb4 and dcl4drb4 double knockout mutants, and subjected them to infections with CPB-CC-PDS, a turnip crinkle virus mutant capable of inducing silencing of the PHYTOENE DESATURASE gene. The dcl2drb4 double knockouts caused a far smaller loss of antiviral silencing than dcl2dcl4. In addition, although both drb4 and dcl4 single mutants permitted a consistent (but small) increase in viral RNA levels, the drb4 mutant correlated with a less pronounced reduction of 21-nt vsiRNAs. Therefore, a substantial subset of DCL4 antiviral activity is DRB4-independent, and may involve other DRB proteins that compensate for loss of DRB4.

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