title: Site-specific binding of viral plus single-stranded RNA to replicase-containing open virus-like particles of yeast.
abstract: X double-stranded RNA is a deletion mutant of L-A double-stranded RNA and is encapsidated in viral particles by the L-A-encoded major coat protein. X double-stranded RNA has all the cis sites necessary to be transcribed, encapsidated, and replicated. We have cloned X double-stranded RNA and sequenced it. The complete X double-stranded RNA sequence deduced indicates that the first 25 bases of the X plus-strand 5' end originated from the 5' end of the L-A plus strand and that most, if not all, of the rest comes from the 3' end of the L-A plus strand. The X plus strand made by X double-stranded RNA-containing virus-like particles binds specifically to empty open virus-like particles and is converted by these particles to X double-stranded RNA. RNA transcripts of the X complementary DNA clones and deletion derivatives thereof were made in vitro by T7 and T3 RNA polymerases and tested for specific binding to the virus-like particles. The results suggest that the binding is due to the sequence UUUGGCCAGG, 370 bases upstream from the X plus-strand 3' end. This sequence is also present in the M1 plus strand 140 bases from its 3' end.
authors.affiliation: Section on Genetics of Simple Eukaryotes, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Esteban
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujimura
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Wickner
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011485:Protein Binding; D012316:RNA Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded / Q000235:genetics*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012324:RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D014780:Viruses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; D012367:RNA, Viral; D012316:RNA Nucleotidyltransferases; D012324:RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase