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Crustins are cysteine-rich cationic antimicrobial peptides with diverse biological functions including antimicrobial and proteinase inhibitory activities in crustaceans. Although a few crustins reportedly respond to white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) infection, the detailed antiviral mechanisms of crustins remain largely unknown. Our previous research has shown that Sp Crus2, from mud crab Scylla paramamosain , is a type II crustin containing a glycine-rich region (GRR) and a cysteine-rich region (CRR). In the present study, we found that SpCrus2 was upregulated in gills after WSSV challenge. Knockdown of SpCrus2 by injecting double-stranded RNA ( dsSpCrus2 ) resulted in remarkably increased virus copies in mud crabs after infection with WSSV. These results suggested that SpCrus2 played a critical role in the antiviral immunity of mud crab. A GST pull-down assay showed that recombinant Sp Crus2 interacted specifically with WSSV structural protein VP26, and this result was further confirmed by a co-immunoprecipitation assay with Drosophila S2 cells. As the signature sequence of type II crustin, Sp Crus2 GRR is a glycine-rich cationic polypeptide with amphipathic properties. Our study demonstrated that the GRR and CRR of Sp Crus2 exhibited binding activities to VP26, with the former displaying more potent binding ability than the latter. Interestingly, pre-incubating WSSV particles with recombinant Sp Crus2 (r Sp Crus2), rGRR, or rCRR inhibited virus proliferation in vivo; moreover, r Sp Crus2 and rGRR possessed similar antiviral abilities, which were much stronger than those of rCRR. These findings indicated that Sp Crus2 GRR contributed largely to the antiviral ability of Sp Crus2, and that the stronger antiviral ability of GRR might result from its stronger binding activity to the viral structural protein. Overall, this study provided new insights into the antiviral mechanism of Sp Crus2 and the development of new antiviral drugs.

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SpCrus2 Glycine-Rich Region Contributes Largely to the Antiviral Activity of the Whole-Protein Molecule by Interacting with VP26, a WSSV Structural Protein