The 5' untranslated region of Rhopalosiphum padi virus contains an internal ribosome entry site which functions efficiently in mammalian, plant, and insect translation systems
| Autor: | Kathryn E. Woolaway, Michael J. Carter, Konstantinos Lazaridis, Graham J. Belsham, Lisa O. Roberts |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Genetics
Untranslated region Five prime untranslated region Picornavirus viruses Immunology fungi Picornaviridae Biology biology.organism_classification Microbiology Virus-Cell Interactions Open reading frame Internal ribosome entry site Start codon Virology Insect Science Protein Biosynthesis Coding region Animals Drosophila 5' Untranslated Regions Ribosomes Triticum Rhopalosiphum padi virus |
| Zdroj: | Journal of virology. 75(21) |
| ISSN: | 0022-538X |
| Popis: | Rhopalosiphum padi virus (RhPV) is one of several picorna-like viruses that infect insects; sequence analysis has revealed distinct differences between these agents and mammalian picornaviruses. RhPV has a single-stranded positive-sense RNA genome of about 10 kb; unlike the genomes of Picornaviridae , however, this genome contains two long open reading frames (ORFs). ORF1 encodes the virus nonstructural proteins, while the downstream ORF, ORF2, specifies the structural proteins. Both ORFs are preceded by long untranslated regions (UTRs). The intergenic UTR is known to contain an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) which directs non-AUG-initiated translation of ORF2. We have examined the 5′ UTR of RhPV for IRES activity by translating synthetic dicistronic mRNAs containing this sequence in a variety of systems. We now report that the 5′ UTR contains an element which directs internal initiation of protein synthesis from an AUG codon in mammalian, plant, and Drosophila in vitro translation systems. In contrast, the encephalomyocarditis virus IRES functions only in the mammalian system. The RhPV 5′ IRES element has features in common with picornavirus IRES elements, in that no coding sequence is required for IRES function, but also with cellular IRES elements, as deletion analysis indicates that this IRES element does not have sharply defined boundaries. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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