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DNAJA4 Promotes the Replication of the Chinese Giant Salamander Iridovirus

Authors
Liu, Z., Xie, D., He, X., Zhou, T., Li, W.
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Amino acid alignment of DNAJA4s from different species. The conserved domains (aa 0–70), respectively. The accession numbers were listed as follows: Epinephelus coioides, MN937271; Danio rerio, XP_002666797.3; Stegastes partitus, XP_008275021.1; Gallus gallus, XP_413746.5; Chrysemys picta bellii, XP_005294547.1; Homo sapiens, AIC63476.1; Mus musculus, AAH22948.1; Xenopus tropicalis.

Phylogenetic analysis of DNAJA4 homologs from different species. A phylogenetic tree was constructed based on the protein sequences of DNAJA4-like genes from different species using MEGA 7.0 with the neighbor-joining (NJ) method. Numbers at the nodes denote the bootstrap values of 1000 replicates. Scale represents the numbers of substitutions per 1000 bases.

Viral infection affected the expression and localization of EPC DNAJA4. (A) Effect of viral infection on EPC DNAJA4 transcription levels; (B) effects of viral infection on the localization of EPC DNAJA4. The results were expressed as mean ± SD, (n = 3; * p < 0.05; *** p < 0.001; **** p < 0.0001).

Effect of overexpression of DNAJA4 on CGSIV replication: (A) transcriptional level detection 24 h after overexpression of pcDNA3.1-DNAJA4-HA plasmid; (B) detection of protein level of plasmid overexpressing pcDNA3.1-DNAJA4-HA; (C) effect of overexpression of DNAJA4 for 48 h on viral titer; and (D) effect of overexpression of DNAJA4 on the copy number of viral genomic DNA. The results were expressed as mean ± SD, (n = 3; * p < 0.05; **** p < 0.0001).

Knockdown of DNAJA4 by siRNA attenuates CGSIV replication and CGSIV DNA replication: (A) transfection efficiency of fluorescent siRNA; (B) qPCR detection of siRNA interference effect; (C) results of siRNA interference with CPE; (D) effect of siRNA interference on the titer of CGSIV virus; and (E) effect of siRNA interference on genome replication of CGSIV virus. The results were expressed as mean ± SD, (n = 3; * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01).

Interaction between EPC DNAJA4 and CGSIV PCNA: (A) Co-IP detects the interaction between EPC DNAJA4 and CGSIV PCNA. CO-IP was immunoblotted with anti-Flag antibody and anti-HA antibody. (B) His–pulldown and GST–pulldown verified that EPC DNAJA4 interacts with CGSIV PCNA. (C) Immunofluorescence detection shown of DNAJA4-HA and PCNA-Flag co-localization in EPC.

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