Nucleic Acids Research, 1984, Vol. 12, No. 18 7269-7282
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
Primary structural comparison of RNA-dependent polymerases from plant, animal and bacterial viruses
Purdue University, Department of Biological Sciences West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Received May 14, 1984. Revised September 4, 1984. Accepted September 4, 1984.
Possible alignments for portions of the genomic codons in eight different plant and animal viruses are presented: tobacco mosaic, brome mosaic, alfalfa mosaic, sindbis, foot-and-mouth disease, polio, encephalomyocarditis, and cowpea mosaic viruses. Since in one of the viruses (polio) the aligned sequence has been identified as an RNA-dependent polymerase, this would imply the identification of the polymerases in the other viruses. A conserved fourteen-residue segment consisting of an Asp-Asp sequence flanked by hydro-phobic residues has also been found in retroviral reverse transcriptases, a bacteriophage, influenza virus, cauliflower mosaic virus and hepatitis B virus, suggesting this span as a possible active site or nucleic add recognition region for the polymerases. Evolutionary implications are discussed.
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