Patent Application: US-33228403-A

Abstract:
a method of altering degradation of heterologous proteins in transgenic plants has now been found that utilizes er - localizing proteins of plant viruses as part of a fusion protein . an engineered fusion protein is protected from degradation by a viral er - localizing protein , and made more susceptible to degradation by certain mutant viral proteins that fail to localize to the er .

Description:
we have identified an amino acid motif , “ wfp ”, from the tmv 126 kda and 183 kda proteins ( amino acid position 365 to 367 of seq id : 2 and seq id no : 4 ) that is conserved among viral membrane — associated proteins . the tmv 126 kda and 183 kda proteins localize to the er in infected n . tabacum and n . benthamiana cells . mutating the “ wfp ” motif to “ wyp ” or “ wap ” resulted in a variety of effects , somewhat dependent upon the host species . although the “ wfp ” motif causes a fused protein to resist ubiquitin - mediated degradation , the mutant 126y : gfp and 126a : gfp resulted in an increased degradation of a fused protein . thus , we disclose a method to modulate the rate , and therefore the stability , of an engineered protein . one method to decrease the rate of degradation of an engineered protein in plant cells includes creating a vector expressible in a plant cell , wherein the vector encodes a fusion protein between the tmv 126 kda protein and a protein of interest . an exemplary nucleotide sequence for inclusion in this vector is seq id no : 1 which encodes the tmv 126 kda protein of seq id no : 2 . the vector could be designed for transient transfection , or for integration into the plant cell &# 39 ; s genome . after creating the vector expressible in a plant cell , the method includes introducing the vector into one or more plant cells through any currently known methods of the art or other methods that will be known . the resulting plant cell containing the vector expresses the fusion protein , which has a decreased rate of degradation compared to the protein of interest when not expressed as a fusion protein . in addition to the method described for decreasing the rate of degradation of a protein of interest , the invention as disclosed herein also includes the vector created for implementing the disclosed method , the nucleotide sequence that encodes the fusion protein , the fusion protein that results from the expression of the created vector , the plant cell or cells transformed with the created vector , and the plants that are generated from the transformed cells . another method to decrease the rate of degradation of an engineered protein in plant cells includes creating a vector expressible in a plant cell , wherein the vector encodes a fusion protein between the tmv 183 kda protein and a protein of interest . an exemplary nucleotide sequence for inclusion in this vector is seq id no : 3 which encodes the tmv 186 kda protein of seq id no : 4 . the vector could be designed for transient transfection , or for integration into the plant cell &# 39 ; s genome . after creating the vector expressible in a plant cell , the method includes introducing the vector into one or more plant cells through any currently known methods of the art or other methods that will be known . the resulting plant cell containing the vector expresses the fusion protein , which has a decreased rate of degradation compared to the protein of interest when not expressed as a fusion protein . in addition to the method described for decreasing the rate of degradation of a protein of interest , the invention as disclosed herein also includes the vector created for implementing the disclosed method , the nucleotide sequence that encodes the fusion protein , the fusion protein that results from the expression of the created vector , the plant cell or cells transformed with the created vector , and the plants that are generated from the transformed cells . the invention also includes methods to increase the rate of degradation of an engineered protein in plant cells . this method includes creating a vector expressible in a plant cell , wherein the vector encodes a fusion protein between a mutant tmv 126 kda protein and a protein of interest . an exemplary nucleotide sequence for inclusion in this vector is seq id no : 5 which encodes a mutant tmv 126 kda protein of seq id no : 6 where amino acid 366 is any amino acid but phenylalanine . two exemplary amino acid substitutions include tyrosine and alanine . the vector could be designed for transient transfection , or for integration into the plant cell &# 39 ; s genome . after creating the vector expressible in a plant cell , the method includes introducing the vector into one or more plant cells through any currently known methods of the art or other methods that will be known . the resulting plant cell containing the vector expresses the fusion protein , which has an increased rate of degradation compared to the protein of interest when not expressed as a fusion protein . in addition to the method described for increasing the rate of degradation of a protein of interest , the invention as disclosed herein also includes the vector created for implementing the disclosed method , the nucleotide sequence that encodes the fusion protein , the fusion protein that results from the expression of the created vector , the plant cell or cells transformed with the created vector , and the plants that are generated from the transformed cells . the invention also includes methods to increase the degradation rate of an engineered protein in plant cells . this method includes creating a vector expressible in a plant cell , wherein the vector encodes a fusion protein between a mutant tmv 183 kda protein and a protein of interest . an exemplary nucleotide sequence for inclusion in this vector is seq id no : 7 which encodes a mutant tmv 183 kda protein of seq id no : 8 where amino acid 366 is any amino acid but phenylalanine . two exemplary amino acid substitutions include tyrosine and alanine . the vector could be designed for transient transfection , or for integration into the plant cell &# 39 ; s genome . after creating the vector expressible in a plant cell , the method includes introducing the vector into one or more plant cells through any currently known methods of the art or other methods that will be known . the resulting plant cell containing the vector expresses the fusion protein , which has an increased rate of degradation compared to the protein of interest when not expressed as a fusion protein . in addition to the method described for increasing the degradation rate of a protein of interest , the invention as disclosed herein also includes the vector created for implementing the disclosed method , the nucleotide sequence that encodes the fusion protein , the fusion protein that results from the expression of the created vector , the plant cell or cells transformed with the created vector , and the plants that are generated from the transformed cells . as anyone skilled in the art can recognize , other nucleotide sequences that encode amino acid sequences with analogous function and homologous sequence to tmv &# 39 ; s 126 / 183 kda protein may be used to decrease the degradation rate of an engineered protein . this method to decrease the degradation rate of an engineered protein in plant cells includes creating a vector expressible in a plant cell , wherein the vector encodes a fusion protein between a protein with analogous function and homologous sequence to tmv &# 39 ; s 126 / 183 kda protein from one of the following sindbis - like plant viruses : alfalfa mosaic virus , brome mosaic virus , citrus leaf rugose virus , cucumber mosaic virus , sunn - hemp mosaic virus , tobacco mosaic virus , tobacco rattle virus , and turnip vein clearing virus . the vector could be designed for transient transfection , or for integration into the plant cell &# 39 ; s genome . after creating the vector expressible in a plant cell , the method includes introducing the vector into one or more plant cells through any currently known methods of the art or other methods that will be known . the resulting plant cell containing the vector expresses the fusion protein , which has a decreased degradation rate compared to the protein of interest when not expressed as a fusion protein . in addition to the method described for decreasing the degradation rate of a protein of interest , the invention as disclosed herein also includes the vector created for implementing the disclosed method , the nucleotide sequence that encodes the fusion protein , the fusion protein that results from the expression of the created vector , the plant cell or cells transformed with the created vector , and the plants that are generated from the transformed cells . yet another method to increase the degradation rate of an engineered protein in plant cells includes creating a vector expressible in a plant cell , wherein the vector encodes a fusion protein between a mutated protein with analogous function and homologous sequence to tmv &# 39 ; s 126 / 183 kda protein from one of the following sindbis - like plant viruses : alfalfa mosaic virus , brome mosaic virus , citrus leaf rugose virus , cucumber mosaic virus , sunn - hemp mosaic virus , tobacco mosaic virus , tobacco rattle virus , and turnip vein clearing virus . the vector could be designed for transient transfection , or for integration into the plant cell &# 39 ; s genome . after creating the vector expressible in a plant cell , the method includes introducing the vector into one or more plant cells through any currently known methods of the art or other methods that will be known . the resulting plant cell containing the vector expresses the fusion protein , which has an increased degradation rate compared to the protein of interest when not expressed as a fusion protein . in addition to the method described for increasing the degradation rate of a protein of interest , the invention as disclosed herein also includes the vector created for implementing the disclosed method , the nucleotide sequence that encodes the fusion protein , the fusion protein that results from the expression of the created vector , the plant cell or cells transformed with the created vector , and the plants that are generated from the transformed cells . [ 0049 ] nicotiana benthamiana and nicotiana tabacum xanthi “ nn ” and “ nn ” were germinated in a tray and individually transplanted into 12 cm pots containing an artificial soil medium ( metro - mix 350 , grace ). plants were grown in the greenhouse until needed under the following conditions : 16 hour and 25 ° c . days and 8 hour and 17 ° c . nights . supplemental light intensity was 500 μmol photons m − 2 s − 1 . plants used for inoculation experiments were six to seven weeks old . although other conditions may be used , the above growth conditions are preferred . the maintenance of suspension cells , preparation of protoplasts and transfection of protoplasts by electroporation were conducted according to watanabe et al . ( 1987 ), modified for electroporating the n . benthamiana cells and protoplasts . n . tabacum by - 2 ( dr . richard cyr , penn state university ) suspension cells were grown in 50 ml of culture media ( 4 . 3 g / l m & amp ; s salt , 100 mg / l myo - inositol , 1 mg / l thiamine , 0 . 2 mg / l 2 , 4 - d , 255 mg / l kh 2 po 4 , 30 g / l sucrose , ph 5 . 0 ) at 26 ° c . constantly shaking at 150 rpm and sub - cultured weekly . suspension cells of n . benthamiana ( dr . bryce falk , university california — davis ) were grown in culture media ( 4 . 3 g / l m & amp ; s salt , 0 . 204 g / l kh 2 po 4 , 100 mg / l myo - inositol , 0 . 2 mg / l 2 , 4 - d , 0 . 1 mg / l kinetin , 1 mg / l thiamine , 0 . 5 mg / l pyridoxide , 0 . 5 mg / l nicotinic acid , 30 g / l sucrose , ph 5 . 8 ) at 26 ° c . constantly shaking at 150 rpm and sub - cultured every 10 days . in order to create protoplasts , both by - 2 and n . benthamiana cells were digested with 1 % cellulose , r - 10 ; 0 . 1 % pectolyase y - 23 and 1 % driselase ( karlan ) in mmc buffer ( 13 % mannitol , 5 mm mes , 10 mm cacl 2 , ph 5 . 8 ) at room temperature for 3 hours . the digested cells were overlaid on a 20 . 5 % sucrose cushion and spun at 1 , 100 rpm on an iec centrifuge for 11 minutes . the protoplasts on top of the cushion were collected and washed twice with mmc buffer . about 1 × 10 6 protoplasts were resuspended in 0 . 8 ml of the electroporation buffer ( 13 % mannitol , 70 mm kcl , 5 mm mes , ph 5 . 8 ). fifteen μg of plasmid dna or 5 μg of in vitro transcript viral rna ( see below ) were mixed with 0 . 8 ml of protoplasts in a precooled cuvette and electroporated with the following setting : 250v , 220 μf and 50 ms ( progenetor ii , hoefer scientific instruments , san francisco , calif . usa ). after electroporation , protoplasts were incubated on ice for 10 minutes and washed with 2 ml of mmc buffer . the transfected protoplasts were resuspended in 3 ml of culture media with 13 % mannitol and incubated at 26 ° c . in the dark for by - 2 protoplasts or under light for n . benthamiana protoplasts . although alternative methods may be employed , the above methods for maintaining suspension cells , creating protoplasts , and transfecting both are preferred . to mutate the second amino acid in the “ wfp ” motif , in vitro site - directed mutagenesis was performed as described before ( bao et al , 1996 ). the phenylalanine in the “ wfp ” motif from m ic m2 ( an infectious transcript of m ic tmv altered at a single nucleotide to the ui strain sequence in the 126 kda protein open reading frame ) ( shintaku et al ., 1996 ) was replaced with alanine and tyrosine , respectively . in order to create the “ wap ” motif , in vitro site - directed mutagenesis was performed using the following primer complementary to nucleotides 1141 - 1177 : 5 ′- ctcatttcggg agc ccagtaattgactgatgatgaat - 3 ′ ( seq id no : 22 ). in order to create the “ wyp ” motif , in vitro site - directed mutagenesis was performed using the following primer complementary to nucleotides 1141 - 1173 : 5 ′- tttcggg ata ccagtaattgactgatgatgaat - 3 ′ ( seq id no : 23 ). the underlined codon indicates the mutated sites . all mutant clones were confirmed to contain the specified alteration by sequence analysis . although site - directed mutagenesis to the wap and wyp motifs may be performed using alternative primers , the above methods are preferred . additionally , other mutations can be made in the place of phenylalanine 366 as numbered in seq id no : 2 in the same way . plasmid dna of infectious tmv cdna clones was linearized by acc65 i and gel - purified to act as a template in the in vitro transcription reaction performed as described previously ( shintaku et al ., 1996 ). 5 μg of transcript viral rna was inoculated on the mature leaves of n . benthamiana , n . tabacum xanthi “ nn ”, and “ nn ” which were dusted with the abrasive carborundum . the inoculated plants were kept in the greenhouse to observe local lesions and systemic symptoms . other method may be utilized for in vitro transcription and inoculation , but the processes described above are preferred . a cdna fragment encoding the 126 kda protein of the m ic tmv was amplified from plasmid l19 ( shintaku et al ., 1996 ) using the pfu polymerase ( stratagene ) and a pair of primers st ( 5 ′- ccatgccatggcgctcgag atggcatacacacagaca - 3 ′ ( seq id no : 24 ), where the underlined nucleotides indicate the tmv genome sequence from the position 69 to 86 ) and gt ( 5 ′- cccttgctcaccat ttgtgttcctgcatcg - 3 ′ ( seq id no : 25 ), where the underlined nucleotides indicate the sequence complementary to tmv genome sequence , from the position 3401 to 3416 ). green fluorescent protein ( gfp ) ( egfp , clontech laboratories , inc ., palo alto , calif .) was amplified from plasmid pegfp ( clontech ) using the pfu polymerase and a pair of primers tg ( 5 ′- atgcaggaacacaaatggtgagcaagggcg - 3 ′) ( seq id no : 26 ) and 3gfp ( 5 ′- ccatgccatggctcgagttacttgtacagctcgt - 3 ′) ( seq id no : 27 ). the amplified fragments were gel - purified and mixed as the template for the fusion pcr using the primers 5t and 3gfp ( method described by higuchi , 1990 ). the pcr product was the fusion of the 126 kda protein gene and the gfp gene which was purified and digested with nco i . the digested fragment was purified and ligated with plasmid prtl2 ( restrepo et al ., 1990 ) previously digested with nco i . the ligation mixture was transformed into e . coli hb 101 . the clone containing the insert having the correct orientation was identified by restriction digestion and sequencing , and named p126 : gfp . to make the mutated 126k fusion protein construct , the infectious cdna clones of “ wfp ”, “ wyp ” and “ wap ” were digested with mlu i and dra iii , sequentially . the mlu i - dra iii fragments from each of the clones were inserted into the same site of p126 : gfp previously digested with mlu i and dra iii . those clones containing wild type “ wfp ” motif and the mutated motifs (“ wyp ” and “ wap ”) were named p126f : gfp , p126y : gfp and p126a : gfp , respectively . although a variety of methods could be utilized to create chimeric vectors , the above methods are preferred . although only the full length 126 kda protein was fused to a gene of interest , this application anticipates that truncated portions of the tmv 126 kda protein or peptides can also be employed in the present invention as long as the amino acid sequence that stabilizes the fusion protein contains the “ wfp ” motif or elements that act in the same fashion . transient expression of 126 kda - gfp fusion protein in tobacco leaves by biolistic bombardment was performed according to itaya , et al . ( 1997 ). five μg of each of p126f : gfp , p126y : gfp and p126a : gfp was bombarded into the lower epidermis of n . benthamiana and n . tabacum xanthi nn leaves using a biolistic pds 1000 / he system ( bio - rad ) at a pressure of 1 , 100 psi . the bombarded leaves were incubated in a sealed petri dish with several pieces of water - soaked filter paper at 25 ° c . with light overnight . the leaves were observed under a nikon microphot - fx epifluorescent microscope with a filter set b - 2a , consisting of a blue excitation filter ( 450 - 490 nm ), a dichroic mirror ( 510 nm ) and a barrier filter ( 520 nm ). fluorescent images were photographed with the camera system attached to the microscope using kodak royal 400 color film . while biolistic bombardment and fluorescent microscopy could be accomplished in different ways , the above methods are preferred . fifteen μg of plasmid dna of the three fusion protein constructs ( 126f : gfp , 126y : gfp and 126a : gfp ) were transfected into protoplasts of n . benthamiana and by - 2 cells by electroporation as described above . the transfected protoplasts were collected at 7 , 12 , 16 , 18 , 24 , 36 , 48 , 72 , and 96 hours post - incubation and plated on a 12 - well slide for a single cell time course observation with a procedure as described previously ( mas and beachy , 1998 ). the fluorescent fusion protein expression in the protoplasts was examined by confocal laser scanning microscopy ( clsm ) as described below . immunofluorescent labeling of tmv 126k protein and host components was conducted according to heinlein et al . ( 1995 ) with a minor modification as follows . first , 0 . 5 ml of protoplasts of n . benthamiana and by - 2 infected with “ wfp ”, “ wyp ” and “ wap ” viruses were harvested 2 days post - infection . the protoplasts were spun down at 700 rpm in 14 ml tubes ( falcon ) at room temperature for 2 minutes and resuspended in fixative buffer ( 50 mm na 2 hpo 4 , ph 6 . 7 ; 4 % paraformadehyde , 0 . 1 % glutaradehyde , 5 mm egta , ph 8 . 0 ) for 30 minutes at room temperature . the fixed protoplasts were plated on the slides precoated with 0 . 1 % poly - l - lysine and then extracted with cold methanol for 10 minutes . all washes were performed in phosphate - buffered saline ( pbs ), ph 7 . 0 , containing 0 . 5 % tween - 20 and 5 mm egta . primary antibodies were polyclonal rabbit igg recognizing the tmv 126k protein ( nelson , et al . 1993 ) and polyclonal rabbit igg against bip , an er associated protein indicator , kindly provided by dr . becky boston , north carolina state university . secondary antibodies were fitc - conjugated goat anti - rabbit igg and texas red - conjugated goat anti - mouse igg ( molecular probes , eugene , oreg ., usa ). the samples were mounted with mounting media ( 0 . 1 m tris - hcl , ph 9 . 0 ; 50 % glycerol , 1 mg / ml p - phenylenediamine ) and stored at 4 ° c . before observation . other methods and materials may be used to visualize fusion protein presence and localization , but the above methods and materials are preferred . alln ( n - acetyl - l - leucinyl - l - leucinyl - l - norleucinal , sigma chemical co . st . louis , mo .) was used at a final concentration of 75 μm in dimethyl sulfoxide ( dmso ). the by - 2 protoplasts transfected with fusion protein constructs were incubated in the culture media containing 75 μm of alln and collected 12 , 24 , and 48 hours post - transfection . the transient fluorescent protein expression in protoplasts was examined by clsm as described below . there may be other ways to perform the inhibitor experiment , but the above methods are merely preferred . immnunofluorescent labeling signals and transient expression of 126 kda : gfp fusion protein in protoplasts were examined with clsm ( cheng et al ., 2000 ). most images were captured with 3 % laser power , but in the inhibitor experiment , 10 % laser power was used . the above conditions are merely representative of conditions used to visualize data with confocal microscopy . to better understand how the domains within the tmv 126 kda protein influence pathophysiology , the sequence of the tmv 126 kda protein was compared to functionally related proteins from other sindbis - like plant viruses : alfalfa mosaic virus , brome mosaic virus , citrus leaf rugose virus , cucumber mosaic virus , sunn - hemp mosaic virus , tobacco rattle virus , and turnip vein clearing virus . the tmv 126 kda protein was aligned with its functional analogues from other sindbis - like plant viruses using the clustal w program ( thompson et al ., 1994 ) to identify a conserved “ wfp ” sequence ( trypotophan - phenylalanine - proline ) ( fig1 ). the “ wfp ” sequence is contained within domain i , between the methyltransferase and helicase domains of this protein ( fig2 a ). this “ wfp ” sequence was also found in several plant proteins , most of which are membrane - associated . a person skilled in the art , understanding concepts of amino acid homology and functionally analogous proteins , will also recognize that the alignment of fig1 identifies parts of other sequences that may be fused to stabilize an engineered protein . like the tmv 126 kda protein used herein , some of the proteins in fig1 have a putative er - colocalizing signal that may be mutated to destabilize a fused engineered protein . to create a destabilizing motif , three mutant viruses were constructed that were altered within this motif ( fig2 b ). the wfp virus refers to a virus with a masked ( m ic ) genetic background , except for a “ ser ” residue , found in the u1 strain , at position 325 ( shintaku et al ., 1996 ). this sequence alteration results in the wfp virus ( also referred to as m ic m 2 ) inducing severe symptoms and accumulating more efficiently in systemic tissue than the parental m ic virus ( derrick et al ., 1997 ). the wap and wyp viruses were constructed by replacing “ phe ” with “ ala ” or “ tyr ”, respectively , of the 126 kda protein ( fig2 b ). both mutations of the “ wfp ” motif resulted in a virus unable to cause symptoms of the parental tobacco mosaic virus . although only alanine and tyrosine were substituted for phenylalanine in this present example , any substitute amino acid not having phenylalanine characteristics is anticipated in this invention because it acts to destabilize the fused protein . changing the phenylalanine to either alanine or tyrosine in the wfp motif decreased the infectivity of the mutant viruses on tobacco species . the wap virus did not infect n . tabacum plants , but did infect n . benthamiana plants ( table 1 ). the wyp virus induced only mild systemic symptoms on n . tabacum plants but severe systemic symptoms on n . benthamiana . the wild - type wfp virus induced severe symptoms on both nicotiana species ( table 1 ). on n . tabacum xanthi “ nn ” plants , a local lesion host for tmv , the wyp virus induced tiny necrotic lesions at 24 ° c ., whereas the wfp virus induced larger lesions ( fig3 a ). high temperature treatment of 32 ° c . for three days before returning to 24 ° c . blocked the necrotic response of nicotiana , but did not affect the lesion size induced by the wyp virus on “ nn ” plants ( fig3 b ). the wfp virus , however , induced larger lesions after returning to the lower temperature ( fig3 b ). these data demonstrate that the “ wfp ” motif within the 126 kda protein is required for efficient virus replication and infection , and that the necrosis response does not limit the infectivity of the wyp virus . we immunolabeled n . tabacum ( cv . by - 2 ) and infected with the wfp , wyp or wap viruses using antibodies against the tmv 126 kda and binding protein ( bip ), an er marker ( fig4 a - h ). the tmv 126 kda protein containing the “ wfp ” motif ( both the wfp and m ic viruses ) localized to subcellular bodies similar to those observed in cells probed with anti - bip ( fig4 a , 4b , 4 e , and 4 f ). both the 126 kda protein containing the “ wyp ” motif ( fig4 c ) and bip ( fig4 d ) failed to localize in n . tabacum cells inoculated with wyp virus . interestingly , the tmv 126 kda protein was not detected at all in wap virus - infected cells of n . tabacum . there was no tmv 126 kda protein detected in the mock - infected n . tabacum protoplast ( fig4 g ). in n . benthamiana protoplasts , the 126 kda proteins of the wyp and wap viruses localized similarly to the 126 kda protein from the wfp virus ( data not shown ). these results indicate that the “ wfp ” motif within the tmv 126 kda protein is necessary for the proper interaction of the tmv 126 kda protein with host factors to localize to the er , and this association is correlated with the ability of the virus to efficiently infect the host . altering the “ wfp ” motif prevents localization to the er . the tmv 126 kda protein orfs from the “ wfp ”, “ wyp ”, and “ wap ” viruses were fused with gfp orf to yield 126f : gfp ( containing the “ wfp ” motif ), 126y : gfp ( containing the “ wyp ” motif ) and 126a : gfp ( containing the “ wap ” motif ) constructs . these constructs were placed behind an enhanced 35s promoter for transient expression in both n . tabacum xanthi nn and n . benthamiana leaf cells by biolistic bombardment ( fig5 a ). the fluorescent signal was observed in subcellular bodies as punctate dots and along the periphery of the cells ( fig5 b - 5s ). the fluorescent 126f : gfp was stable for at least 8 days in both nicotiana species ( fig5 b - 5g ), while the intensity of fluorescence declined rapidly for the 126a : gfp and 126y : gfp fusions in n . tabacum ( fig5 h , 5j , 5 l , 5 n , 5 p , and 5 r ). in n . benthamiana , however , the fluorescence produced by the 126y : gfp fusion was not reduced relative to the 126f : gfp fusion over time ( fig5 s and 5g ). the stability pattern of the various transiently expressed 126 kda : gfp fusion proteins correlated with the ability of the parental and mutant viruses to efficiently infect the host . this finding also shows that the stabilization of viral replicase complex through the altered 126 kda protein requires species - specific host factors . [ 0077 ] n . benthamiana protoplasts were transfected with 126f : gfp -, 126y : gfp -, and 126a : gfp - containing plasmids to study the subcellular localization of the 126 kda : gfp fusion proteins during transient expression . the fusion proteins formed many small irregular bodies within the cytosol ( fig6 a , 6c , and 6 e ), unlike the non - fused gfp construct which failed to form subcellular bodies 7 hours post - inoculation ( fig6 g ). at 24 hours after inoculation , the protoplasts expressing the 126f : gfp and 126y : gfp constructs appeared to have fewer , but larger fluorescent bodies ( fig6 d and 6f ). the protoplasts expressing free gfp formed no punctate bodies even after 24 hours ( fig6 g and 6h ). [ 0078 ] n . tabacum ( cv . by - 2 ) protoplasts were also transfected with 126f : gfp -, 126y : gfp -, and 126a : gfp - containing plasmids . the irregular fluorescent bodies that resulted could be categorized into two types : small bodies less than 2 μm in diameter which disappeared over time , and large bodies more than 2 μm in diameter which persisted . the wild - type 126f : gfp fusion protein formed both types of bodies in by - 2 cells ( fig7 a and 7b ). the 126y : gfp and 126a : gfp fusion proteins formed mostly only small bodies ( fig7 b ). generally , the 126a : gfp fusion protein produced fewer large bodies than did the 126y : gfp fusion protein ( fig7 a ). also , the small bodies produced by the 126a : gfp fusion protein disappeared even more rapidly than did those formed by the 126y : gfp fusion protein ( fig7 a ). these results indicated that the 126 kda protein alone , even without other viral proteins , localized to the er in infected cells . a determinant that controls localization of tmv 126 kda protein to the er is the “ wfp ” motif or the motif affected by the “ wfp ” motif . the previous results indicated that the altered 126 kda : gfp fusion proteins were less stable than the “ wfp ” containing fusion protein in by - 2 cells . to determine if the 26s proteosome was responsible for degrading these tmv proteins , we expressed the fusion proteins in by - 2 cells incubated in the presence or absence of acetyl - leu - leu - norleucinal ( alln ), an inhibitor of the 26s proteasome . cells incubated in alln and transfected with either of the mutant 126y : gfp or 126a : gfp fusion constructs yielded fluorescent signals that were greater and more stable compared to the signals from transfected cells without alln ( compare fig8 g , 8i , 8 k , 8 m , 8 o , and 8 q to fig8 b , 8d , 8 f , 8 h , 8 j , and 8 l ). in the alln - treated cells , the 126y : gfp fusion protein produced more fluorescent small bodies and also formed the large irregular bodies that localized around the nucleus at late stages , similar to what was observed for the 126f : gfp fusion protein ( fig8 g - 8l for 126y : gfp and compare to fig8 b , 8d , and 8e for 126f : gfp ). this result demonstrates that the “ wyp ” fusion protein can form small bodies in the absence of alln , but cannot avoid the host degradation machinery in the absence of inhibitor , thereby leading to an inability to form the large stable bodies . also , the presence of the inhibitor led to greater expression of the 126f : wild - type gfp fusion than in its absence ( fig8 b , 8d , 8 f , versus 8 a , 8 c , and 8 e ). these findings indicate that the instability of the altered 126 kda : gfp fusion proteins was due to their degradation by the host 26s proteasome . the maintenance of the “ wfp ” motif within the 126 kda protein was thus critical to inhibit the degradation of this protein by the host ubiquitin - facilitated pathway . the ability of the altered viral proteins to form bodies in n . benthamiana cells and not in n . tabacum by2 cells showed that the ability to degrade the viral protein is controlled by host factors in n . tabacum that better recognize structural change in the target than those from n . benthamiana . therefore , protein with the wfp motif resists ubiquitin - dependent degradation . we have found that the 126 kda protein stabilizes expression of a fused protein in cells . when the 126 kda protein was fused with gfp , the expression of the fused protein in the cell cytoplasm , as detected by fluorescence microscopy , was observed for two days longer than unfused gfp . the free gfp was only detectable for up to 5 days , whereas the 126 kda protein fused with gfp was detectable at 7 days , the last time point collected . thus , the fusion of the normal 126 kda protein ( i . e . containing the wfp motif ) with a foreign protein stabilizes the expression phenotype of the foreign protein . in summary , an amino acid motif , “ wfp ”, was identified in the tmv 126 kda and 183 kda proteins ( amino acid position 365 to 367 as numbered seq id : 2 and seq id no : 4 ) that was conserved among both viral proteins and host membrane - associated proteins . when the “ wfp ” motif was mutated to “ wyp ” or “ wap ”, the mutant viruses containing these new motifs were dramatically less capable of infecting and replicating in n . tabacum , but could infect n . benthamiana . immunolabeling of the 126 kda / 183 kda protein complex in virus - infected cells indicated that the replicase co - localized with binding protein ( bip ), a host protein associated with the er . however , the mutant virus containing wyp failed to localize bip and the 126 kda mutant protein to the er . transient expression of the 126 kda protein fused with gfp showed that the mutant 126y : gfp and 126a : gfp were unstable in plants and protoplasts of n . tabacum , but stable in plants and protoplasts of n . benthamiana . thus , altering the “ wfp ” motif resulted in an increased degradation of this fusion protein depending on the host cell species . the wild - type 126 kda : gfp protein fusions formed cytoplasmic bodies in transfected protoplasts and these bodies could be categorized into two types . small bodies were less than 2 μm in diameter and disappeared in the wyp - and wap - transfected cells after 48 hours , and large bodies that were more than 2 μm in diameter that persisted for wfp - transfected cells but not for wyp - or wap - transfected cells . the 126f : gfp fusion maintained expression of large bodies longer than did 126y : gfp or 126a : gfp . in the presence of the 26s proteasome inhibitor ( alln ), the 126y : gfp and 126a : gfp fusions appeared more stable than in the absence of the inhibitor . thus , the ubiquitin degradation pathway is involved in the degradation of the mutant 126 kda protein . the accumulation of 126f : gfp fusion protein was increased in the presence of a 26s proteosome inhibitor , indicating some resistance of this protein , even in the absence of other viral proteins , to the ubiquitin degradation pathway . anyone skilled in the art of protein biochemistry recognizes that the invention herein disclosed may be combined with known methods and materials to yield embodiments not directly mentioned . because a three amino acid motif within a larger viral er - colocalizing protein has been identified to render a fused protein more stable in plant cells , a reasonable embodiment of the current invention is to alter the viral er - colocalizing protein in positions outside the three amino acid motif . by removing portions of the er - colocalizing protein , it may be possible to minimize the region that confers stability to a fused engineered protein . alternatively , amino acid substitutions can be made at regions outside the three amino acid motif that confers stability to a fused engineered protein . naturally , because the truncations and substitutions that will be successful in the invention disclosed are outside the three amino acid motif , they can be used with a mutated the three amino acid motif to render a fused engineered protein unstable . a person skilled in the art that recognizes the possibility of including truncations and substitutions with the invention described herein will also recognize the possibility of fusing a peptide containing within it the three amino acid motif to a gene of interest to confer stability to the engineered protein . alternatively , the same peptide when identified may contain a mutated three amino acid motif to render a fused engineered protein unstable . higuchi , r . ( 1990 ) in “ pcr protocols : a guide to methods and applications ” ( m . a . innis , d . h . gelford , j . j . sninsky and t . j . white , eds .) p . 177 - 183 academic press , san diego janda and ahlquist 1998 , proc . natl . acad . sci . usa 95 : 2227 - 2232 atg gca tac aca cag aca gct acc aca tca gct ttg ctg gac act gtc 48 cga gga aac aac tcc ttg gtc aat gat cta gca aag cgt cgt ctt tac 96 gac aca gcg gtt gaa gag ttt aac gct cgt gac cgc agg ccc aaa gtg 144 aac ttt tca aaa gta ata agc gag gag cag acg ctt att gct acc cgg 192 asn phe ser lys val ile ser glu glu gln thr leu ile ala thr arg gcg tat cca gaa ttc caa att aca ttt tat aac acg caa aat gcc gtg 240 cat tcg ctt gca ggt gga ttg cga tct tta gaa ctg gaa tat ctg atg 288 atg caa att ccc tac gga tca ttg act tat gac ata ggc ggg aat ttt 336 met gln ile pro tyr gly ser leu thr tyr asp ile gly gly asn phe gca tcg cat ctg ttc aag gga cga gca tat gta cac tgc tgc atg ccc 384 ala ser his leu phe lys gly arg ala tyr val his cys cys met pro aac ctg gac gtt cga gac atc atg cgg cat gaa ggc cag aaa gac agt 432 asn leu asp val arg asp ile met arg his glu gly gln lys asp ser att gaa cta tac ctt tct agg cta gag aga ggg gga aaa aca gtc ccc 480 ile glu leu tyr leu ser arg leu glu arg gly gly lys thr val pro aac ttc caa aag gaa gca ttt gac aga tac gca gaa att cct gaa gac 528 asn phe gln lys glu ala phe asp arg tyr ala glu ile pro glu asp gct gtc tgt cac aat act ttc cag aca tgc gaa cat cag ccg atg caa 576 ala val cys his asn thr phe gln thr cys glu his gln pro met gln caa tca ggc aga gtg tat gcc att gcg cta cac agc ata tat gac ata 624 gln ser gly arg val tyr ala ile ala leu his ser ile tyr asp ile ccc gct gat gag ttc ggg gca gca ctc ttg agg aaa aat gtc cat acg 672 pro ala asp glu phe gly ala ala leu leu arg lys asn val his thr tgc tat gcc gct ttc cac ttc tct gag aac ctg ctt ctt gaa gat tca 720 tac gtc aat ctg gac gaa atc aac gcg tgt ttt tcg cgc gat gga gac 768 tyr val asn leu asp glu ile asn ala cys phe ser arg asp gly asp aag ttg acc 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