Rotavirus RNA replication: VP2, but not VP6, is necessary for viral replicase activity.
AUTOR(ES)
Mansell, E A
RESUMO
Temperature-sensitive mutants of simian rotavirus SA11 were previously developed and organized into 10 of a possible 11 recombination groups on the basis of genome reassortment studies. Two of these mutants, tsF and tsG, map to genes encoding VP2 (segment 2) and VP6 (segment 6), respectively. To gain insight into the role of these proteins in genome replication, MA104 cells were infected with tsF or tsG and then maintained at permissive temperature (31 degrees C) until 9 h postinfection, when some cells were shifted to nonpermissive temperature (39 degrees C). Subviral particles (SVPs) were recovered from the infected cells at 10.5 and 12 h postinfection and assayed for associated replicase activity in a cell-free system shown previously to support rotavirus genome replication in vitro. The results showed that the level of replicase activity associated with tsF SVPs from cells shifted to nonpermissive temperature was ca. 20-fold less than that associated with tsF SVPs from cells maintained at permissive temperature. In contrast, the level of replicase activity associated with tsG SVPs from cells maintained at nonpermissive temperature was only slightly less (twofold or less) than that associated with tsG SVPs from cells maintained at permissive temperature. Analysis of the structure of replicase particles from tsG-infected cells shifted to nonpermissive temperature showed that they were similar in size and density to virion-derived core particles and contained the major core protein VP2 but lacked the major inner shell protein VP6. Taken together, these data indicate that VP2, but not VP6, is an essential component of enzymatically active replicase particles.
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