Role of the CCA bulge of prohead RNA of bacteriophage ø29 in DNA packaging.
The oligomeric ring of prohead RNA (pRNA) is an essential component of the ATP-driven DNA packaging motor of bacteriophage ø29. The A-helix of pRNA binds the DNA translocating ATPase gp16 (gene product 16) and the CCA bulge in this helix is essential for DNA packaging in vitro. Mutation of the bulge by base substitution or deletion showed that the size of the bulge, rather than its sequence, is primary in DNA packaging activity. Proheads reconstituted with CCA bulge mutant pRNAs bound the packaging ATPase gp16 and the packaging substrate DNA-gp3, although DNA translocation was not detected with several mutants. Prohead/bulge-mutant pRNA complexes with low packaging activity had a higher rate of ATP hydrolysis per base pair of DNA packaged than proheads with wild-type pRNA. Cryoelectron microscopy three-dimensional reconstruction of proheads reconstituted with a CCA deletion pRNA showed that the protruding pRNA spokes of the motor occupy a different position relative to the head when compared to particles with wild-type pRNA. Therefore, the CCA bulge seems to dictate the orientation of the pRNA spokes. The conformational changes observed for this mutant pRNA may affect gp16 conformation and/or subsequent ATPase-DNA interaction and, consequently, explain the decreased packaging activity observed for CCA mutants.
Zhao
Wei
W
Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Morais
Marc C
MC
Anderson
Dwight L
DL
Jardine
Paul J
PJ
Grimes
Shelley
S
D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D017103:Bacillus Phages / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001412:Bacillus subtilis; D001483:Base Sequence; D020285:Cryoelectron Microscopy; D042003:DNA Packaging; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012322:RNA Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure
D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D012322:RNA Precursors; D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases
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