title: Expression of enzymatically active rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase in Escherichia coli.
abstract: The rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) (isolate AST/89) RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase (3Dpol) coding region was expressed in Escherichia coli by using a glutathione S-transferase-based vector, which allowed milligram purification of a homogeneous enzyme with an expected molecular mass of about 58 kDa. The recombinant polypeptide exhibited rifampin- and actinomycin D-resistant, poly(A)-dependent poly(U) polymerase. The enzyme also showed RNA polymerase activity in in vitro reactions with synthetic RHDV subgenomic RNA in the presence or absence of an oligo(U) primer. Template-size products were synthesized in the oligo(U)-primed reactions, whereas in the absence of added primer, RNA products up to twice the length of the template were made. The double-length RNA products were double stranded and hybridized to both positive- and negative-sense probes.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martín Alonso
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Casais
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Boga
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Parra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004926:Escherichia coli; D015870:Gene Expression; D017929:Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Rabbit / Q000201:enzymology*; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D012324:RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases; C022428:poly U polymerase; D012324:RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase