Transport as the Rate-Limiting Step in the Incorporation of Uridine into Mengovirus Ribonucleic Acid in Novikoff Rat Hepatoma Cells

AUTOR(ES)

Plagemann, Peter G. W.

RESUMO

The incorporation of uridine into the nucleotide pool of actinomycin-treated, mengovirus-infected Novikoff rat hepatoma cells in culture follows simple Michaelis-Menten kinetics, and the apparent Vmax and Km values are similar to those for uridine transport by uninfected cells. Incorporation of uridine into mengovirus-specific ribonucleic acid (RNA) also follows Michaelis-Menten kinetics, and the apparent Km (about 10 μm) is approximately the same as for uridine transport. Inhibition of uridine transport by the presence of adenosine, persantin, or phenethyl alcohol inhibits simultaneously and to the same extent the incorporation of uridine into the nucleotide pool and into viral RNA, without affecting viral RNA synthesis per se. Phenethyl alcohol, however, also inhibits virus maturation. The inhibition of uridine incorporation into the nucleotide pool and into viral RNA is of the simple competitive type, indicating that transport into the cells is the rate-limiting step in the incorporation of uridine into mengovirus RNA. The results also indicate that treatment with actinomycin D or mengovirus infection does not affect uridine transport.

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