A "slide-back" mechanism for the initiation of protein-primed RNA synthesis by the RNA polymerase of poliovirus. 2003

Aniko V Paul, and Jiang Yin, and JoAnn Mugavero, and Elizabeth Rieder, and Ying Liu, and Eckard Wimmer
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11790, USA. apaul@ms.cc.sunysb.edu

Poliovirus RNA replication is initiated when a molecule of UMP is covalently linked to the hydroxyl group of a tyrosine in the terminal protein VPg. This reaction can be reproduced in vitro with an assay that utilizes two purified viral proteins, RNA polymerase 3Dpol and viral protein 3CDpro, synthetic VPg, UTP, and Mg2+. The template for the reaction is either poliovirus RNA or transcripts of a small RNA hairpin, termed cre(2C), located in the coding sequence of protein 2CATPase. The products of the reaction are VPgpU and VPgpUpU, the primers used by 3Dpol for RNA synthesis. With mutant template RNAs in this assay we determined the precise initiation site. Our results indicate that 1) 3Dpol does not possess strict specificity toward the nucleotide it links to VPg, 2) A-5 of the conserved 1GXXXAAAXXXXXXA14 sequence in the loop is the template nucleotide for the linkage of both the first and second UMPs to VPg, 3) VPgpUpU is synthesized by a "slide-back" mechanism, and 4) A-6 provides specificity to the reaction during the slide-back step and also modulates the uridylylation reaction. In additional experiments we determined the effect of mutations in the 5AAA7 sequence of cre(2C) on viral growth, RNA replication, and on the activity of the 2CATPase protein. Furthermore, we observed that the spacing between G-1 and A-5 and the size of the loop affect the yield but not the nature of the VPg-linked products.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D009154 Mutation Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations. Mutations
D009690 Nucleic Acid Conformation The spatial arrangement of the atoms of a nucleic acid or polynucleotide that results in its characteristic 3-dimensional shape. DNA Conformation,RNA Conformation,Conformation, DNA,Conformation, Nucleic Acid,Conformation, RNA,Conformations, DNA,Conformations, Nucleic Acid,Conformations, RNA,DNA Conformations,Nucleic Acid Conformations,RNA Conformations
D002352 Carrier Proteins Proteins that bind or transport specific substances in the blood, within the cell, or across cell membranes. Binding Proteins,Carrier Protein,Transport Protein,Transport Proteins,Binding Protein,Protein, Carrier,Proteins, Carrier
D000595 Amino Acid Sequence The order of amino acids as they occur in a polypeptide chain. This is referred to as the primary structure of proteins. It is of fundamental importance in determining PROTEIN CONFORMATION. Protein Structure, Primary,Amino Acid Sequences,Sequence, Amino Acid,Sequences, Amino Acid,Primary Protein Structure,Primary Protein Structures,Protein Structures, Primary,Structure, Primary Protein,Structures, Primary Protein
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
D012321 DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases Enzymes that catalyze DNA template-directed extension of the 3'-end of an RNA strand one nucleotide at a time. They can initiate a chain de novo. In eukaryotes, three forms of the enzyme have been distinguished on the basis of sensitivity to alpha-amanitin, and the type of RNA synthesized. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992). DNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases,RNA Polymerases,Transcriptases,DNA-Directed RNA Polymerase,RNA Polymerase,Transcriptase,DNA Dependent RNA Polymerases,DNA Directed RNA Polymerase,DNA Directed RNA Polymerases,Polymerase, DNA-Directed RNA,Polymerase, RNA,Polymerases, DNA-Dependent RNA,Polymerases, DNA-Directed RNA,Polymerases, RNA,RNA Polymerase, DNA-Directed,RNA Polymerases, DNA-Dependent,RNA Polymerases, DNA-Directed
D012367 RNA, Viral Ribonucleic acid that makes up the genetic material of viruses. Viral RNA
D013329 Structure-Activity Relationship The relationship between the chemical structure of a compound and its biological or pharmacological activity. Compounds are often classed together because they have structural characteristics in common including shape, size, stereochemical arrangement, and distribution of functional groups. Relationship, Structure-Activity,Relationships, Structure-Activity,Structure Activity Relationship,Structure-Activity Relationships
D014443 Tyrosine A non-essential amino acid. In animals it is synthesized from PHENYLALANINE. It is also the precursor of EPINEPHRINE; THYROID HORMONES; and melanin. L-Tyrosine,Tyrosine, L-isomer,para-Tyrosine,L Tyrosine,Tyrosine, L isomer,para Tyrosine

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