The N-terminal 62 amino acid residues of the coat protein of Tomato yellow leaf curl Thailand virus are responsible for DNA binding

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The DNA-binding activity and DNA-binding domain of Tomato yellow leaf curl Thailand virus coat protein were investigated. A full-length coat protein (CP) and two truncated derivatives lacking the amino (CPΔ1-62) and carboxyl (CPΔ126-257) termini were produced in Escherichia coli as fusion proteins to glutathione-S-transferase (GST). Southwestern analysis showed that GST-CP bound both single-stranded (ss) and double-stranded (ds) DNA, while GST-CPΔ126-257 interacted only with ssDNA. Neither ss nor dsDNA bound to GST-CPΔ1-62. The results suggested that a putative DNA-binding domain is located at the N-terminal 1-62 amino residues.