Polyriboadenylate Sequences at the 3′-Termini of Ribonucleic Acid Obtained from Mammalian Leukemia and Sarcoma Viruses
AUTOR(ES)
Phillips, Leo A.
RESUMO
The location of poly(A) sequences in the RNA of mammalian RNA-tumor viruses was determined by enzymatic analyses. The 56-64S viral genomic RNAs, the 20-40S viral subunit RNAs, and the 4-5S poly(A) sequences excised from these viral RNAs were subjected to either hydrolysis with a 3′-OH specific exoribonuclease from Ehrlich ascites tumor cells or phosphorolysis from the 3′-termini with polynucleotide phosphorylase from Micrococcus luteus. Purified adenosine-labeled poly(A) fragments, excised from genomic viral RNAs by RNase A and T1 digestion, were hydrolyzed with the 3′-OH specific exoribonuclease for various periods of time. Poly(U) filter binding studies of the residual poly(A) indicated that 97% of the poly(A) fragments were hydrolyzed. Adenosine-labeled genomic and subunit viral RNAs and excised poly(A) fragments were phosphorolyzed from their 3′-termini for various periods of time with polynucleotide phosphorylase. The degree of phosphorolysis was monitored by poly(U) filter binding studies, and CCl3COOH insolubility and solubility determinations. There was an initial preferential rate of phosphorolysis of the poly(A) sequences of genomic and subunit viral RNAs as compared to the total adenosine-labeled viral RNAs. The data from these two different enzymatic mechanisms of action indicated conclusively that the poly(A) sequences were located at the 3′-termini of genomic and subunit viral RNAs.
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