title: Identification of RNA replicase subunits responsible for initiation of RNA synthesis of tick-borne encephalitis virus by affinity labelling.
abstract: Porcine embryo kidney cells infected by tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) were fractionated into nuclear, membrane, and cytoplasmic fractions. To identify proteins involved in the initiation of RNA replication at different stages of infection a highly specific affinity labelling technique was used. In samples of the nuclear fraction taken from cells 45 h after infection (late stage), affinity labelling with aldehyde-containing derivatives of ATP and elongation of this label with [alpha-32P]GTP identified a polypeptide with a molecular mass of about 69 kDa. By means of affinity labelling with aldehyde-containing analogues of GMP, GDP, and GTP as initiation substrates and [alpha-32P]ATP as the elongation substrate, a polypeptide of 100 kDa was selectively modified in the nuclear fraction of cells at the early stages of infection (8 h). These proteins were immunostained with TBEV-specific antibodies, and were identified as the nonstructural TBEV proteins NS3 and NS5, respectively. It was concluded that NS3 and NS5 take part in the initiation of TBEV genome replication at the late and early stages of infection, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Siberian Division of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Novosibirsk.
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Morozova
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Belyavskaya
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Zaychikov
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kvetkova
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Mustaev
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Pletnev
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D007668:Kidney; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008970:Molecular Weight; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012324:RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D013552:Swine; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins; D012324:RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase