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Protein-coding and non-coding RNA transcripts perform a wide variety of cellular functions in diverse organisms. Several of their functional roles are expressed and modulated via RNA structure. A given transcript, however, can have more than a single functional RNA structure throughout its life, a fact which has been previously overlooked. Transient RNA structures, for example, are only present during specific time intervals and cellular conditions. We here introduce four RNA families with transient RNA structures that play distinct and diverse functional roles. Moreover, we show that these transient RNA structures are structurally well-defined and evolutionarily conserved. Since Rfam annotates one structure for each family, there is either no annotation for these transient structures or no such family. Thus, our alignments either significantly update and extend the existing Rfam families or introduce a new RNA family to Rfam. For each of the four RNA families, we compile a multiple-sequence alignment based on experimentally verified transient and dominant (dominant in terms of either the thermodynamic stability and/or attention received so far) RNA secondary structures using a combination of automated search via covariance model and manual curation. The first alignment is the Trp operon leader which regulates the operon transcription in response to tryptophan abundance through alternative structures. The second alignment is the HDV ribozyme which we extend to the 5' flanking sequence. This flanking sequence is involved in the regulation of the transcript's self-cleavage activity. The third alignment is the 5' UTR of the maturation protein from Levivirus which contains a transient structure that temporarily postpones the formation of the final inhibitory structure to allow translation of maturation protein. The fourth and last alignment is the SAM riboswitch which regulates the downstream gene expression by assuming alternative structures upon binding of SAM. All transient and dominant structures are mapped to our new alignments introduced here.
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- Jing Yun A Zhu
- a Centre for High-Throughput Biology and Department of Computer Science and Department of Medical Genetics; University of British Columbia ; Vancouver , BC , Canada
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Ribosomal protein S1 functions as a termination factor in RNA synthesis by Qβ phage replicase. Nat Commun 2013; 4:1781. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Accepted: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Plus-strand +RNA viruses co-opt host RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) to perform many functions during viral replication. A few host RBPs have been identified that affect the recruitment of viral +RNAs for replication. Other subverted host RBPs help the assembly of the membrane-bound replicase complexes, regulate the activity of the replicase and control minus- or plus-strand RNA synthesis. The host RBPs also affect the stability of viral RNAs, which have to escape cellular RNA degradation pathways. While many host RBPs seem to have specialized functions, others participate in multiple events during infection. Several conserved RBPs, such as eEF1A, hnRNP proteins and Lsm 1-7 complex, are co-opted by evolutionarily diverse +RNA viruses, underscoring some common themes in virus-host interactions. On the other hand, viruses also hijack unique RBPs, suggesting that +RNA viruses could utilize different RBPs to perform similar functions. Moreover, different +RNA viruses have adapted unique strategies for co-opting unique RBPs. Altogether, a deeper understanding of the functions of the host RBPs subverted for viral replication will help development of novel antiviral strategies and give new insights into host RNA biology.
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- Zhenghe Li
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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Ichihashi N, Matsuura T, Kita H, Sunami T, Suzuki H, Yomo T. Constructing partial models of cells. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2010; 2:a004945. [PMID: 20516136 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a004945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Understanding the origin of life requires knowledge not only of the origin of biological molecules such as amino acids, nucleotides and their polymers, but also the manner in which those molecules are integrated into the organized systems that characterize cellular life. In this article, we introduce a constructive approach to understand how biological molecules can be arranged to achieve a higher-order biological function: replication of genetic information.
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- Norikazu Ichihashi
- Department of Bioinformatic Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Gustin KM, Guan BJ, Dziduszko A, Brian DA. Bovine coronavirus nonstructural protein 1 (p28) is an RNA binding protein that binds terminal genomic cis-replication elements. J Virol 2009; 83:6087-97. [PMID: 19357173 PMCID: PMC2687364 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00160-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2009] [Accepted: 03/29/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Nonstructural protein 1 (nsp1), a 28-kDa protein in the bovine coronavirus (BCoV) and closely related mouse hepatitis coronavirus, is the first protein cleaved from the open reading frame 1 (ORF 1) polyprotein product of genome translation. Recently, a 30-nucleotide (nt) cis-replication stem-loop VI (SLVI) has been mapped at nt 101 to 130 within a 288-nt 5'-terminal segment of the 738-nt nsp1 cistron in a BCoV defective interfering (DI) RNA. Since a similar nsp1 coding region appears in all characterized groups 1 and 2 coronavirus DI RNAs and must be translated in cis for BCoV DI RNA replication, we hypothesized that nsp1 might regulate ORF 1 expression by binding this intra-nsp1 cistronic element. Here, we (i) establish by mutation analysis that the 72-nt intracistronic SLV immediately upstream of SLVI is also a DI RNA cis-replication signal, (ii) show by gel shift and UV-cross-linking analyses that cellular proteins of approximately 60 and 100 kDa, but not viral proteins, bind SLV and SLVI, (SLV-VI) and (iii) demonstrate by gel shift analysis that nsp1 purified from Escherichia coli does not bind SLV-VI but does bind three 5' untranslated region (UTR)- and one 3' UTR-located cis-replication SLs. Notably, nsp1 specifically binds SLIII and its flanking sequences in the 5' UTR with approximately 2.5 muM affinity. Additionally, under conditions enabling expression of nsp1 from DI RNA-encoded subgenomic mRNA, DI RNA levels were greatly reduced, but there was only a slight transient reduction in viral RNA levels. These results together indicate that nsp1 is an RNA-binding protein that may function to regulate viral genome translation or replication but not by binding SLV-VI within its own coding region.
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- Kortney M Gustin
- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0845, USA
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Ichihashi N, Matsuura T, Kita H, Hosoda K, Sunami T, Tsukada K, Yomo T. Importance of translation-replication balance for efficient replication by the self-encoded replicase. Chembiochem 2009; 9:3023-8. [PMID: 19021140 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200800518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In all living systems, the genetic information is replicated by the self-encoded replicase (Rep); this can be said to be a self-encoding system. Recently, we constructed a self-encoding system in liposomes as an artificial cell model, consisting of a reconstituted translation system and an RNA encoding the catalytic subunit of Qbeta Rep and the RNA was replicated by the self-encoded Rep produced by the translation reaction. In this system, both the ribosome (Rib) and Rep bind to the same RNA for translation and replication, respectively. Thus, there could be a dilemma: effective RNA replication requires high levels of Rep translation, but excessive translation in turn inhibits replication. Herein, we actually observed the competition between the Rib and Rep, and evaluated the effect for RNA replication by constructing a kinetic model that quantitatively explained the behavior of the self-encoding system. Both the experimental and theoretical results consistently indicated that the balance between translation and replication is critical for an efficient self-encoded system, and we determined the optimum balance.
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- Norikazu Ichihashi
- Department of Bioinformatics Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Dreher TW. Role of tRNA-like structures in controlling plant virus replication. Virus Res 2008; 139:217-29. [PMID: 18638511 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2008] [Revised: 06/14/2008] [Accepted: 06/16/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Transfer RNA-like structures (TLSs) that are sophisticated functional mimics of tRNAs are found at the 3'-termini of the genomes of a number of plant positive strand RNA viruses. Three natural aminoacylation identities are represented: valine, histidine, and tyrosine. Paralleling this variety in structure, the roles of TLSs vary widely between different viruses. For Turnip yellow mosaic virus, the TLS must be capable of valylation in order to support infectivity, major roles being the provision of translational enhancement and down-regulation of minus strand initiation. In contrast, valylation of the Peanut clump virus TLS is not essential. An intermediate situation seems to exist for Brome mosaic virus, whose RNAs 1 and 2, but not RNA 3, need to be capable of tyrosylation to support infectivity. Other known roles for certain TLSs include: (i) the recruitment of host CCA nucleotidyltransferase as a telomerase to maintain intact 3' CCA termini, (ii) involvement in the encapsidation of viral RNAs, and (iii) presentation of minus strand promoter elements for replicase recognition. In the latter role, the promoter elements reside within the TLS but are not functionally dependent on tRNA mimicry. The phylogenetic distribution of TLSs indicates that their evolutionary history includes frequent horizontal exchange, as has been observed for protein-coding regions of plant positive strand RNA viruses.
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- Theo W Dreher
- Department of Microbiology and Center for Genome Research & Bioinformatics, 220 Nash Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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Brierley I, Pennell S, Gilbert RJC. Viral RNA pseudoknots: versatile motifs in gene expression and replication. Nat Rev Microbiol 2007; 5:598-610. [PMID: 17632571 PMCID: PMC7096944 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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RNA pseudoknots are structural motifs in RNA that are increasingly recognized in viral and cellular RNAs. They have been shown to have a various roles in virus and cellular gene expression. Pseudoknots are formed upon base pairing of a single-stranded region of RNA in the loop of a hairpin to a stretch of complementary nucleotides elsewhere in the RNA chain. This simple folding strategy can generate a large number of stable three-dimensional folds, which display a diverse range of highly specific functions. Pseudoknot function is frequently associated with interactions with ribosomes. The inclusion of pseudoknots in an mRNA can thus confer unusual translational properties. Many RNA viruses use pseudoknots in the control of viral RNA translation, replication and the switch between the two processes. Some satellite viruses encode ribozymes with active sites that are folded by a pseudoknot. In cellular RNAs, pseudoknots are associated with all aspects of mRNA function and also ribosome function, as ribosomal RNAs contain numerous pseudoknots. Other essential cellular pseudoknots have been described in telomerase RNA and transfer messenger RNA. Future research into pseudoknots will focus on structure–function relationships and bioinformatics identification of pseudoknots in genomes. The use of pseudoknots in antiviral applications could also become more widespread.
RNA pseudoknots have been identified in many different viral and cellular RNAs and are known to have various roles in virus and cellular gene expression. Here, Ian Brierley and colleagues review viral pseudoknots and the role of these structural motifs in virus gene expression and genome replication. RNA pseudoknots are structural elements found in almost all classes of RNA. First recognized in the genomes of plant viruses, they are now established as a widespread motif with diverse functions in various biological processes. This Review focuses on viral pseudoknots and their role in virus gene expression and genome replication. Although emphasis is placed on those well defined pseudoknots that are involved in unusual mechanisms of viral translational initiation and elongation, the broader roles of pseudoknots are also discussed, including comparisons with relevant cellular counterparts. The relationship between RNA pseudoknot structure and function is also addressed.
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- Ian Brierley
- Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1QP Cambridge UK
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- Division of Molecular Structure, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, NW7 1AA UK
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- Division of Structural Biology, Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7BN UK
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Lin JW, Ding MP, Hsu YH, Tsai CH. Chloroplast phosphoglycerate kinase, a gluconeogenetic enzyme, is required for efficient accumulation of Bamboo mosaic virus. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 35:424-32. [PMID: 17169994 PMCID: PMC1802604 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl1061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The tertiary structure in the 3′-untranslated region (3′-UTR) of Bamboo mosaic virus (BaMV) RNA is known to be involved in minus-strand RNA synthesis. Proteins found in the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) fraction of BaMV-infected leaves interact with the radio labeled 3′-UTR probe in electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA). Results derived from the ultraviolet (UV) cross-linking competition assays suggested that two cellular factors, p43 and p51, interact specifically with the 3′-UTR of BaMV RNA. p43 and p51 associate with the poly(A) tail and the pseudoknot of the BaMV 3′-UTR, respectively. p51-containing extracts specifically down-regulated minus-strand RNA synthesis when added to in vitro RdRp assays. LC/MS/MS sequencing indicates that p43 is a chloroplast phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK). When the chloroplast PKG levels were knocked down in plants, using virus-induced gene silencing system, the accumulation level of BaMV coat protein was also reduced.
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- Jen-Wen Lin
- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing UniversityTaichung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing UniversityTaichung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing UniversityTaichung, Taiwan
- Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Chung Hsing UniversityTaichung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing UniversityTaichung, Taiwan
- Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Chung Hsing UniversityTaichung, Taiwan
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +886 4 22840328; Fax: +886 4 22860260;
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Matsuda D, Yoshinari S, Dreher TW. eEF1A binding to aminoacylated viral RNA represses minus strand synthesis by TYMV RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Virology 2004; 321:47-56. [PMID: 15033564 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2003.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2003] [Revised: 10/22/2003] [Accepted: 10/23/2003] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The genomic RNA of Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) has an 82-nucleotide-long tRNA-like structure at its 3'-end that can be valylated and then form a stable complex with translation elongation factor eEF1A.GTP. Transcription of this RNA by TYMV RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) to yield minus strands has previously been shown to initiate within the 3'-CCA sequence. We have now demonstrated that minus strand synthesis is strongly repressed upon the binding of eEF1A.GTP to the valylated viral RNA. eEF1A.GTP had no effect on RNA synthesis templated by non-aminoacylated RNA. Higher eEF1A.GTP levels were needed to repress minus strand synthesis templated by valyl-EMV TLS RNA, which binds eEF1A.GTP with lower affinity than does valyl-TYMV RNA. Repression by eEF1A.GTP was also observed with a methionylated variant of TYMV RNA and with aminoacylated tRNAHis, tRNAAla, and tRNAPhe transcripts. It is proposed that minus strand repression by eEF1A.GTP binding occurs early during infection to help coordinate the competing translation and replication functions of the genomic RNA.
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- Daiki Matsuda
- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3804, USA
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Lindemann BF, Klug C, Schwienhorst A. Evolution of bacteriophage in continuous culture: a model system to test antiviral gene therapies for the emergence of phage escape mutants. J Virol 2002; 76:5784-92. [PMID: 11992006 PMCID: PMC137063 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.11.5784-5792.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The emergence of viral escape mutants is usually a highly undesirable phenomenon. This phenomenon is frequently observed in antiviral drug applications for the treatment of viral infections and can undermine long-term therapeutic success. Here, we propose a strategy for evaluating a given antiviral approach in terms of its potential to provoke the appearance of resistant virus mutants. By use of Q beta RNA phage as a model system, the effect of an antiviral gene therapy, i.e., a virus-specific repressor protein expressed by a recombinant Escherichia coli host, was studied over the course of more than 100 generations. In 13 experiments carried out in parallel, 12 phage populations became resistant and 1 became extinct. Sequence analysis revealed that only two distinct phage mutants emerged in the 12 surviving phage populations. For both escape mutants, sequence variations located in the repressor binding site of the viral genomic RNA, which decrease affinity for the repressor protein, conferred resistance to translational repression. The results clearly suggest the feasibility of the proposed strategy for the evaluation of antiviral approaches in terms of their potential to allow resistant mutants to appear. In addition, the strategy proved to be a valuable tool for observing virus-specific molecular targets under the impact of antiviral drugs.
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- Björn F Lindemann
- Department of Biochemical Kinetics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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Poliovirus has a single-stranded RNA genome of positive polarity that serves two essential functions at the start of the viral replication cycle in infected cells. First, it is translated to synthesize viral proteins and, second, it is copied by the viral polymerase to synthesize negative-strand RNA. We investigated these two reactions by using HeLa S10 in vitro translation-RNA replication reactions. Preinitiation RNA replication complexes were isolated from these reactions and then used to measure the sequential synthesis of negative- and positive-strand RNAs in the presence of different protein synthesis inhibitors. Puromycin was found to stimulate RNA replication overall. In contrast, RNA replication was inhibited by diphtheria toxin, cycloheximide, anisomycin, and ricin A chain. Dose-response experiments showed that precisely the same concentration of a specific drug was required to inhibit protein synthesis and to either stimulate or inhibit RNA replication. This suggested that the ability of these drugs to affect RNA replication was linked to their ability to alter the normal clearance of translating ribosomes from the input viral RNA. Consistent with this idea was the finding that the protein synthesis inhibitors had no measurable effect on positive-strand synthesis in normal RNA replication complexes. In marked contrast, negative-strand synthesis was stimulated by puromycin and was inhibited by cycloheximide. Puromycin causes polypeptide chain termination and induces the dissociation of polyribosomes from mRNA. Cycloheximide and other inhibitors of polypeptide chain elongation "freeze" ribosomes on mRNA and prevent the normal clearance of ribosomes from viral RNA templates. Therefore, it appears that the poliovirus polymerase was not able to dislodge translating ribosomes from viral RNA templates and mediate the switch from translation to negative-strand synthesis. Instead, the initiation of negative-strand synthesis appears to be coordinately regulated with the natural clearance of translating ribosomes to avoid the dilemma of ribosome-polymerase collisions.
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- D J Barton
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0245, USA
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Schuppli D, Miranda G, Qiu S, Weber H. A branched stem-loop structure in the M-site of bacteriophage Qbeta RNA is important for template recognition by Qbeta replicase holoenzyme. J Mol Biol 1998; 283:585-93. [PMID: 9784368 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An internal site on bacteriophage Qbeta RNA, the M-site (map position 2545 to 2867), was recently shown by us to be required for the efficient initiation of minus strand synthesis by Qbeta replicase. In a more detailed mutational analysis, we show here that the essential elements within the M-site consist of two successive stem-loop structures followed by a bulge loop of unpaired purines, located at nucleotides 2696 to 2754 on the tip of a long, imperfectly base-paired stalk. Mutational changes affecting the sequences of paired or unpaired nucleotides in this segment reduced the template efficiency only mildly. The only severe effects were observed when one of the helical stems or the unpaired bulge was completely deleted or substantially shortened. We conclude that the three-dimensional backbone arrangement of these three elements constitutes the feature recognized by replicase. The role of the long stalk remains undetermined, because mutations that either stabilized or disrupted its base-pairing barely affected template activity, and even deletion of a major portion of one of its strands did not cause complete inactivation. Earlier evidence had implicated protein S1 (the alpha subunit of replicase) as the mediator of the M-site interaction. The lack of an active M-site on the Qbeta RNA template has the same quantitative and qualitative effects on template recognition as the absence of the S1 protein from replicase in the presence of wild-type RNA. We therefore believe that the M-site interaction explains most of the role of S1 protein in the replication of Qbeta RNA by replicase.
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- D Schuppli
- Universität Zürich, Zürich, 8057, Switzerland
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Licis N, van Duin J, Balklava Z, Berzins V. Long-range translational coupling in single-stranded RNA bacteriophages: an evolutionary analysis. Nucleic Acids Res 1998; 26:3242-6. [PMID: 9628925 PMCID: PMC147662 DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.13.3242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In coliphage MS2 RNA a long-distance interaction (LDI) between an internal segment of the upstream coat gene and the start region of the replicase gene prevents initiation of replicase synthesis in the absence of coat gene translation. Elongating ribosomes break up the repressor LDI and thus activate the hidden initiation site. Expression studies on partial MS2 cDNA clones identified base pairing between 1427-1433 and 1738-1744, the so-called Min Jou (MJ) interaction, as the molecular basis for the long-range coupling mechanism. Here, we examine the biological significance of this interaction for the control of replicase gene translation. The LDI was disrupted by mutations in the 3'-side and the evolutionary adaptation was monitored upon phage passaging. Two categories of pseudorevertants emerged. The first type had restored the MJ interaction but not necessarily the native sequence. The pseudorevertants of the second type acquired a compensatory substitution some 80 nt downstream of the MJ interaction that stabilizes an adjacent LDI. In one examined case we confirmed that the second site mutations had restored coat-replicase translational coupling. Our results show the importance of translational control for fitness of the phage. They also reveal that the structure that buries the replicase start extends to structure elements bordering the MJ interaction.
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- N Licis
- Biomedical Research and Study Centre, University of Latvia, Ratsupites 1, LV1067 Riga, Latvia.
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Miranda G, Schuppli D, Barrera I, Hausherr C, Sogo JM, Weber H. Recognition of bacteriophage Qbeta plus strand RNA as a template by Qbeta replicase: role of RNA interactions mediated by ribosomal proteins S1 and host factor. J Mol Biol 1997; 267:1089-103. [PMID: 9150398 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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RNA-protein interactions between bacteriophage Qbeta plus strand RNA and the components of the Qbeta replicase system were studied by deletion analysis. Internal, 5'-terminal and 3'-terminal deletions were assayed for template activity with replicase in vitro. Of the two internal binding sites previously described for replicase, we found that the S-site (map position 1247 to 1346) could be deleted without any significant effect on template activity, whereas deletion of the M-site (map position 2545 to 2867) resulted in a strong inactivation and a high salt sensitivity of the residual activity. Binding complexes of the deletion mutant RNAs with the different proteins involved in Qbeta RNA replication were analysed by electron microscopy. The formation of looped complex structures, previously reported and explained as simultaneous interactions with replicase at the S and the M-site, was abolished by deleting the S-site but, surprisingly, not by deleting the M-site. The same types of complexes observed with replicase were also formed with purified protein S1 (the alpha subunit of replicase), suggesting that these internal interactions with Qbeta RNA are mediated by the S1 protein. The Qbeta host factor, a protein required for the template activity of the Qbeta plus strand, was reported earlier to form similar complexes by binding to the S and M-sites (or adjacent sites) and in addition to the 3'-end, resulting in double-looped structures. The patterns of looped complexes observed with the deletion mutant RNAs suggest that the binding of host factor might not involve the S and M-sites themselves but adjacent downstream sites. An additional internal host factor interaction near map position 2300 was detected with several mutant RNAs. Qbeta RNA molecules with 3'-truncations formed 3'-terminal loops with similar efficiency as wild-type RNA, indicating that recognition of the 3'-end by host factor is not dependent on a specific 3'-terminal base sequence.
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- G Miranda
- Institut für Molekularbiologie, Abt. I, Universität Zurich, Switzerland
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Morozov IY, Ugarov VI, Chetverin AB, Spirin AS. Synergism in replication and translation of messenger RNA in a cell-free system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:9325-9. [PMID: 8415701 PMCID: PMC47560 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.20.9325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Combination of the Q beta replicase reaction with the Escherichia coli cell-free translation system markedly enhances replication of a recombinant RQ-DHFR RNA consisting of the dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) mRNA sequence inserted into RQ135(-1) RNA, an efficient naturally occurring Q beta replicase template. The enhancement is associated with a replication asymmetry previously described for the replication of Q beta phage RNA in vivo; the sense (+)-strands are produced in large excess over the antisense (-)-strands. This, in turn, results in increased synthesis of the functionally active DHFR. These effects are not observed when DHFR mRNAs or RQ135(-1) RNAs are used as templates, if the translation system is not complete, or if it is inhibited by puromycin. The coupled replication-translation of nonviral mRNA recombinants can serve as a useful model for studying the fundamental aspects of virus amplification and can be implemented for large-scale protein synthesis in vitro.
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- I Y Morozov
- Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region
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The secondary structure of genomic RNA from the coliphage Q beta has been examined by electron microscopy in the presence of varying concentrations of spermidine using the Kleinschmidt spreading technique. The size and position of structural features that cover 70% of the viral genome have been mapped. The structural features that are visualized by electron microscopy in Q beta RNA are large. They range in size from 170 to 1600 nucleotides. A loop containing approximately 450 nucleotides is located at the 5' end of the RNA. It includes the initiation region for the viral maturation protein. A large hairpin containing approximately 1600 nucleotides is located in the center of the molecule. It is multibranched and includes most of the viral coat gene, the readthrough region of the A1 gene, and approximately one third of the viral replicase gene. Within the central hairpin, the initiation region for the viral replicase gene pairs with a region within the distal third of the viral coat gene. This structure may participate in the regulation of translational initiation of the viral replicase gene. Two structural variants of the central hairpin were observed. One of them brings the internal S and M viral replicase binding regions into juxtaposition. These observations suggest that the central hairpin may also participate in the regulation of translation of the viral coat gene. The secondary structures that are observed in Q beta RNA differ significantly from structures that we described previously in the genomic RNA of coliphage MS2 but are similar to structures we observed by electron microscopy in the related group B coliphage SP.
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- A B Jacobson
- Department of Microbiology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-8621
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Berkhout B, van Duin J. Mechanism of translational coupling between coat protein and replicase genes of RNA bacteriophage MS2. Nucleic Acids Res 1985; 13:6955-67. [PMID: 3840590 PMCID: PMC322015 DOI: 10.1093/nar/13.19.6955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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We have analyzed the molecular mechanism that makes translation of the MS2 replicase cistron dependent on the translation of the upstream coat cistron. Deletion mapping on cloned cDNA of the phage shows that the ribosomal binding site of the replicase cistron is masked by a long distance basepairing to an internal coat cistron region. Removal of the internal coat cistron region leads to uncoupled replicase synthesis. Our results confirm the model as originally proposed by Min Jou et al. (1). Activation of the replicase start is sensitive to the frequency of upstream translation, but never reaches the level of uncoupled replicase synthesis.
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Goelz S, Steitz JA. Escherichia coli ribosomal protein S1 recognizes two sites in bacteriophage Qbeta RNA. J Biol Chem 1977. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)63326-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Fiers W, Contreras R, Duerinck F, Haegeman G, Iserentant D, Merregaert J, Min Jou W, Molemans F, Raeymaekers A, Van den Berghe A, Volckaert G, Ysebaert M. Complete nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage MS2 RNA: primary and secondary structure of the replicase gene. Nature 1976; 260:500-7. [PMID: 1264203 DOI: 10.1038/260500a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 482] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Bacteriophage MS2 RNA is 3,569 nucleotides long. The nucleotide sequence has been established for the third and last gene, which codes for the replicase protein. A secondary structure model has also been proposed. Biological properties, such as ribosome binding and codon interactions can now be discussed on a molecular basis. As the sequences for the other regions of this RNA have been published already, the complete, primary chemical structure of a viral genome has now been established.
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Senear AW, Steitz JA. Site-specific interaction of Qbeta host factor and ribosomal protein S1 with Qbeta and R17 bacteriophage RNAs. J Biol Chem 1976. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)33633-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Krzyzek RA, Rogers P. Effect of arginine on the stability and size of argECBH messenger ribonucleic acid in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 1976; 126:365-76. [PMID: 770427 PMCID: PMC233293 DOI: 10.1128/jb.126.1.365-376.1976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The chemical stability of argECBH messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) produced by Escherichia coli was found to be unaltered during steady-state repression by arginine. During extreme arginine deprivation, the increase in argECBH mRNA stability was related to general effects of amino acid starvation on mRNA stability. Thus a mechanism whereby argECBH gene expression is regulated by altering the decay rate of this mRNA is not consistent with our data. Sucrose gradient analysis followed by hybridization revealed that both heavy (14S) and light (8S) components of argECBH mRNA were produced by cells of E. coli K-12 grown without arginine, whereas predominantly light (8S) mRNA was produced by cells grown with arginine. A functional argR gene and the EC portion of the argECBH cluster were found essential for the arginine restriction of heavy-mRNA production. Experiments suggest that light argECBH mRNA did not arise from heavy message, and 8u% of both light and heavy mRNA was found bound to ribosomes. The data appear most consistent with the notion that a second site of control by arginine regulates the amounts of light and heavy arginine mRNA in the cell either by early termination of transcription or by endonucleolytic processing. Consideration of these data in conjunction with those of the accompanying report (Krzyzek and Rogers, 1976) permits the tentative conclusion that light argECBH mRNA is not translated into active enzymes and is thus responsible for the discrepancy between the high content of hybridizable mRNA and low rates of enzyme synthesis found during arginine repression.
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Jacobson AB. Studies on secondary structure of single-stranded RNA from bacteriophage MS2 by electron microscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1976; 73:307-11. [PMID: 1061134 PMCID: PMC335896 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.73.2.307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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A method allowing the demonstration and study by electron microscopy of secondary structure of viral RNA has been developed. Single-stranded RNA from the bacteriophage MS2 has been analyzed in the electron microscope in the presence of various concentrations of MgCl2. Depending on the salt concentration, the molecules display one to three large open loops which range in size from 10 to 20% of the total RNA length, and smaller closed loops which are approximately 3-5% of the total RNA length. Within one spreading, the conformation of the molecules is variable. However, the average complexity of the molecules increases with increasing salt, and individual loops which are infrequent at low salt increase in frequency with increasing salt. By analyzing the manner in which the individual loop appeared, it was possible to show that all molecules could be described by one basic pattern of secondary structure formation.
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Atkins JF, Gesteland RF. The synthetase gene of the RNA phages R17, MS2 and f2 has a single UAG terminator codon. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1975; 139:19-31. [PMID: 1177864 DOI: 10.1007/bf00267992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Translation of the RNA from the wild-type bacteriophages R17, MS2, and f2 in bacterial cell-free extracts containing an amber suppressor yields 30-40% of the synthetase with an approximate molecular weight of 63 500, slightly larger than the major synthetase product (63 000 daltons). The occurrence of the 63 500 dalton in vitro product is dependent on the presence of an amber suppressor, and we predict that it is due to read-through of a UAG termination codon at the end of the synthetase gene. Previous results of Capecchi and Klein (Nature, 226, 1029-1033, 1070) showed that antibodies to both release factors RF1 and RF2 are required to block release of synthetase, suggesting that synthetase is released at a UAA codon. If the interpretations of both experiments are correct, the termination and release may not be synonomous and may be spatially separated. In addition there is the unexplained fact that 7% of the synthetase made in vitro in both su+ and su- extracts with either R17, MS2 or f2 as template has an apparent molecular weight of 66 000.
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Shih DS, Kaesberg P, Hall TC. Messenger and aminoacylation functions of brome mosaic virus RNA after chemical modification of 3' terminus. Nature 1974; 249:353-5. [PMID: 4841365 DOI: 10.1038/249353a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Porter AG, Hindley J, Billeter MA. A sequence of 83 nucleotides containing the replicase cistron ribosome binding site of phage Qbeta RNA. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1974; 41:413-20. [PMID: 4593581 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1974.tb03282.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Jay G, Kaempfer R. Host interference with viral gene expression: mode of action of bacterial factor i. J Mol Biol 1974; 82:193-212. [PMID: 4593478 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(74)90341-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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A cytoplasmic, microsomal bound RNA-dependent RNA polymerase has been purified 2500-fold from rabbit reticulocyte lysates. The synthesis of RNA with the purified enzyme is absolutely dependent on the addition of an RNA template. The best template is hemoglobin messenger RNA, while bacteriophage RNA and poly(A,G) are less active, and DNA is completely inactive as a template. With poly(A,G) as a template, only UTP and CTP are incorporated into polynucleotide chains, indicating that the RNA polymerase is an RNA replicase and not a terminal transferase. With messenger RNA as a template, all four ribonucleoside triphosphates are required for maximal activity. The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase reaction is extremely sensitive to low concentrations of heme, rifamycin AF/013, and ribonuclease and resistant to actinomycin D and DNase. The discovery of RNA-directed RNA synthesis in reticulocytes offers an additional site for control of gene expression in mammalian cells and provides a possible mechanism for amplification of the expression of specific genes.
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Legault-Demare L, Jeantet C, Gros F. Metabolic fate of initiation factors after inhibition of protein synthesis in Escherichia coli. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1973; 125:301-18. [PMID: 4591361 DOI: 10.1007/bf00276586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Arrand JR, Hindley J. Nucleotide sequence of a ribosome binding site on RNA synthesized in vitro from coliphage T7. NATURE: NEW BIOLOGY 1973; 244:10-3. [PMID: 4578422 DOI: 10.1038/newbio244010a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Haegeman G, Fiers W. Studies on the bacteriophage MS2. An internal nucleotide fragment resembling some ribosomal binding sites. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1973; 36:135-43. [PMID: 4354616 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1973.tb02893.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Revel M, Pollack Y, Groner Y, Scheps R, Inouye H, Berissi H, Zeller H. IF3-interference factors: protein factors in Escherichia coli controlling initiation of mRNA translation. Biochimie 1973; 55:41-51. [PMID: 4578554 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(73)80235-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Hindley J. Structure and strategy in phage RNA. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1973; 26:269-321. [PMID: 4575322 DOI: 10.1016/0079-6107(73)90021-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Kamen R, Kondo M, Römer W, Weissmann C. Reconstitution of Q replicase lacking subunit with protein-synthesis-interference factor i. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1972; 31:44-51. [PMID: 4640466 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1972.tb02498.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Groner Y, Scheps R, Kamen R, Kolakofsky D, Revel M. Host subunit of Q replicase is translation control factor i. NATURE: NEW BIOLOGY 1972; 239:19-20. [PMID: 4562229 DOI: 10.1038/newbio239019a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Blattner FR, Dahlberg JE, Boettiger JK, Fiandt M, Szybalski W. Distance from a promoter mutation to an RNA synthesis startpoint on bacteriophage lambda DNA. NATURE: NEW BIOLOGY 1972; 237:232-6. [PMID: 4504486 DOI: 10.1038/newbio237232a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Weber H, Billeter MA, Kahane S, Weissmann C, Hindley J, Porter A. Molecular basis for repressor activity of Q replicase. NATURE: NEW BIOLOGY 1972; 237:166-70. [PMID: 4556377 DOI: 10.1038/newbio237166a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Fitch WM. Considerations regarding the regulation of gene transcription and messenger translation. J Mol Evol 1972; 1:185-207. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01659164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/1972] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kozak M, Nathans D. Translation of the genome of a ribonucleic acid bacteriophage. BACTERIOLOGICAL REVIEWS 1972; 36:109-34. [PMID: 4555183 PMCID: PMC378432 DOI: 10.1128/br.36.1.109-134.1972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Kondo M, Weissmann C. Inhibition of Q replicase by excess template. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1972; 24:530-7. [PMID: 5058598 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1972.tb19715.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Synthesis of viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) polymerase, maturation protein, and coat protein in Escherichia coli infected with bacteriophage R17 occurs mainly on polysomes containing four or more ribosomes. The 30S ribosomal subunits through trimer-size polysomes, which are associated with all of the R17-specific proteins and are predominant in the infected cell, synthesize only coat protein. These structures may accumulate as products derived from larger polysomes as a result of failure in the release of nascent polypeptides after termination of chain growth. Appreciable amounts of viral coat protein remain attached to ribosomes and polysomes during R17 bacteriophage replication, supporting the hypothesis of the repressor role of this protein. The time course of synthesis of virus-specific proteins obtained from the polysomes of infected cells demonstrated regulated R17 messenger RNA translation consistent with the idea that coat protein is preferentially synthesized whereas the synthesis of noncoat proteins is suppressed.
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de Wachter R, Merregaert J, Vandenberghe A, Contreras R, Fiers W. Studies on the bacteriophage MS2. The untranslated 5'-terminal nucleotide sequence preceding the first cistron. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1971; 22:400-14. [PMID: 5125360 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1971.tb01558.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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