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Nucleic Acids Research, Vol 26, Issue 19 4356-4364, Copyright © 1998 by Oxford University Press

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Transfer RNA mimicry among tymoviral genomic RNAs ranges from highly efficient to vestigial

TW Dreher and JB Goodwin
Department of Microbiology and Center for Gene Research and Biotechnology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3804, USA. drehert@bcc.orst.edu

Three tRNA-associated properties of a representative set of tymoviral RNAs have been quantitatively assessed using higher plant (wheat germ) proteins: aminoacylation, EF-1alpha*GTP binding, and 3'-adenylation of 3'-CC forms of the RNAs by CTP, ATP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase. The RNAs fall into three classes differing in the extent of tRNA mimicry. Turnip yellow mosaic (TYMV) and kennedya yellow mosaic virus RNAs had activities in all three properties similar to those of a higher plant tRNAValtranscript, and thus are remarkable tRNA mimics. Although the isolated approximately 83 nt long tRNA-like structures showed high activity in these assays, in the case of TYMV, the 6318 nt long TYMV RNA was an even better substrate for valylation. Eggplant mosaic virus RNA, which has a differently constructed acceptor stem pseudoknot, differed from the above tymoviral RNAs in binding more weakly to EF- 1alpha*GTP. Erysimum latent virus RNA, which lacks an identifiable anticodon domain, could not be valylated and had very low 3'- adenylation activity. The range of tRNA mimicry within the tymovirus genus thus ranges from extremely highly developed to minimal. The implications on the role of the tRNA mimicry in viral biology are discussed.
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