Purification of a soluble template-dependent rhinovirus RNA polymerase and its dependence on a host cell protein for viral RNA synthesis.
AUTOR(ES)
Morrow, C D
RESUMO
The soluble phase of the cytoplasm of human rhinovirus type 2-infected cells contains an enzymatic activity able to copy rhinovirion RNA without an added primer. This RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (replicase) makes a specific copy of the added rhinovirion RNA, as shown by hybridization of the product to its template RNA but not to other RNAs. The same replicase preparation also contains a virus-specific polyuridylic acid [poly(U)] polymerase activity which is dependent on added polyadenylic acid-oligouridylic acid template-primer. Both activities purify together until a step at which poly(U) polymerase but no replicase activity is recovered. Addition of a purified HeLa cell protein (host factor) to this poly(U) polymerase completely reconstitutes rhinovirus replicase activity. Host factor activity can be supplied by adding oligouridylic acid, suggesting that the host cell protein acts at the initiation step of rhinovirus RNA replication. A virus-specific 64,000-dalton protein purifies with both poly(U) polymerase and replicase activities.
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