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De novo synthesis of negative-strand RNA by Dengue virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase in vitro: nucleotide, primer, and template parameters. 2003

Masako Nomaguchi, and Matt Ackermann, and Changsuek Yon, and Shihyun You, and R Padmanabhan, and R Padmanbhan
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA.

By using a purified dengue virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and a subgenomic 770-nucleotide RNA template, it was shown previously that the ratio of the de novo synthesis product to hairpin product formed was inversely proportional to increments of assay temperatures (20 to 40 degrees C). In this study, the components of the de novo preinitiation complex are defined as ATP, a high concentration of GTP (500 micro M), the polymerase, and the template RNA. Even when the 3'-terminal sequence of template RNA was mutated from -GGUUCU-3' to -GGUUUU-3', a high GTP concentration was required for de novo initiation, suggesting that high GTP concentration plays a conformational role. Furthermore, utilization of synthetic primers by the polymerase indicated that AGAA is the optimal primer whereas AG, AGA, and AGAACC were inefficient primers. Moreover, mutational analysis of the highly conserved 3'-terminal dinucleotide CU of the template RNA indicated that change of the 3'-terminal nucleotide from U to C reduced the efficiency about fivefold. The order of preference for the 3'-terminal nucleotide, from highest to lowest, is U, A - G, and C. However, change of the penultimate nucleotide from C to U did not affect the template activity. A model consistent with these results is that the active site of the polymerase switches from a "closed" form, catalyzing de novo initiation through synthesis of short primers, to an "open" form for elongation of a double-stranded template-primer.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D003716 Dengue Virus A species of the genus FLAVIVIRUS which causes an acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease in man. Dengue is mosquito-borne and four serotypes are known. Breakbone Fever Virus,Breakbone Fever Viruses,Dengue Viruses,Fever Virus, Breakbone,Fever Viruses, Breakbone,Virus, Breakbone Fever,Virus, Dengue,Viruses, Breakbone Fever,Viruses, Dengue
D001483 Base Sequence The sequence of PURINES and PYRIMIDINES in nucleic acids and polynucleotides. It is also called nucleotide sequence. DNA Sequence,Nucleotide Sequence,RNA Sequence,DNA Sequences,Base Sequences,Nucleotide Sequences,RNA Sequences,Sequence, Base,Sequence, DNA,Sequence, Nucleotide,Sequence, RNA,Sequences, Base,Sequences, DNA,Sequences, Nucleotide,Sequences, RNA
D012324 RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase An enzyme that catalyses RNA-template-directed extension of the 3'- end of an RNA strand by one nucleotide at a time, and can initiate a chain de novo. (Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992, p293) Nucleoside-Triphosphate:RNA Nucleotidyltransferase (RNA-directed),RNA Replicase,RNA-Dependent RNA Replicase,RNA-Directed RNA Polymerase,RNA Dependent RNA Polymerase,RNA Dependent RNA Replicase,RNA Directed RNA Polymerase,RNA Polymerase, RNA-Dependent,RNA Polymerase, RNA-Directed,RNA Replicase, RNA-Dependent,Replicase, RNA,Replicase, RNA-Dependent RNA
D012367 RNA, Viral Ribonucleic acid that makes up the genetic material of viruses. Viral RNA
D013698 Templates, Genetic Macromolecular molds for the synthesis of complementary macromolecules, as in DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION of DNA to RNA, and GENETIC TRANSLATION of RNA into POLYPEPTIDES. Genetic Template,Genetic Templates,Template, Genetic
D017931 DNA Primers Short sequences (generally about 10 base pairs) of DNA that are complementary to sequences of messenger RNA and allow reverse transcriptases to start copying the adjacent sequences of mRNA. Primers are used extensively in genetic and molecular biology techniques. DNA Primer,Oligodeoxyribonucleotide Primer,Oligodeoxyribonucleotide Primers,Oligonucleotide Primer,Oligonucleotide Primers,Primer, DNA,Primer, Oligodeoxyribonucleotide,Primer, Oligonucleotide,Primers, DNA,Primers, Oligodeoxyribonucleotide,Primers, Oligonucleotide

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