RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Molecular characterization and systemic induction of single-chain ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) leaves A1 Iglesias Álvarez, María del Rosario A1 Pérez, Yolanda A1 Torre, Carlos de la A1 Ferreras Rodríguez, José Miguel A1 Antolín, Pilar A1 Jiménez López, María del Pilar A1 Rojo, María Ángeles A1 Méndez, Enrique A1 Girbés Juan, Tomás K1 Protein synthesis inhibitor K1 Inhibidor de síntesis proteica K1 Ribosome-inactivating proteins K1 Proteínas inactivadoras de ribosomas K1 Sugar beet K1 Remolacha azucarera AB Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) leaves contain virusinducible type 1 (single chain) ribosome-inactivatingproteins that have been named beetins. The structuraland functional characterization, the cellular location,and the potential role of beetins as antiviral agents arereported here. Beetins are formed of a single polypeptide chain with a varying degree of glycosylationand strongly inhibited in vitro protein synthesis inrabbit reticulocyte lysates (IC5051.15 ng ml21) anda Vicia sativa L. cell-free system (IC50568 ng ml21)through the single depurination of the large rRNA.Beetins trigger the multidepurination of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) genomic RNA which underwent extensive degradation upon treatment with acid aniline.Beetins are extracellular proteins that were recoveredfrom the apoplastic fluid. Induction of sugar beet RIPswith either H2O2 or artichoke mottled crinkle virus(AMCV) was observed in leaves distant from the siteof application of such elicitors. The external application of purified beetin to sugar leaves prevented infection by AMCV which supports the preliminaryhypothesis that beetins could be involved in plantsystemic acquired resistance subjected to inductionby phytopathogens. PB Oxford University Press SN 0022-0957 YR 2005 FD 2005 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/41031 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/41031 LA eng NO Journal of Experimental Botany, 2005, vol. 56, n. 416. p. 1675-1684 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 27-dic-2024