title: Protein P4 of the bacteriophage phi 6 procapsid has a nucleoside triphosphate-binding site with associated nucleoside triphosphate phosphohydrolase activity.
abstract: Bacteriophage phi 6 contains three segments of double-stranded RNA. The procapsid consists of proteins P1, P2, P4, and P7, which are encoded by the viral L segment. cDNA copies of this segment have been cloned into plasmids that direct the production of these proteins, which assemble into polyhedral procapsids. These procapsids are capable of packaging plus-sense phi 6 RNA in the presence of nucleoside triphosphate and synthesizing the complementary minus strand to form double-stranded RNA. In this article, we report the presence of a nucleotide-binding site in protein P4. The viral procapsid and nucleocapsid exhibit a nucleoside triphosphate phosphohydrolase activity that converts nucleoside triphosphates into nucleoside diphosphates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Public Health Research Institute, New York, New York 10016.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gottlieb
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Strassman
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mindich
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D002213:Capsid / Q000378:metabolism*; D003570:Cytidine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D004247:DNA; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D043583:Nucleoside-Triphosphatase; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011549:Pseudomonas; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins; D003570:Cytidine Triphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D004247:DNA; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D043583:Nucleoside-Triphosphatase