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  • Title: In vitro translational analysis of genomic, defective, and satellite RNAs of Cryphonectria hypovirus 3-GH2.
    Author: Yuan W, Hillman BI.
    Journal: Virology; 2001 Mar 01; 281(1):117-23. PubMed ID: 11222102.
    Abstract:
    Cryphonectria hypovirus 3-GH2 (CHV3-GH2) is a member of the fungal virus family Hypoviridae that differs from previously characterized members in having a single large open reading frame with the potential to encode a protein of 326 kDa from its 9.8-kb genome. The N-terminal portion of the ORF contains sequence motifs that are somewhat similar to papain-like proteinases identified in other hypoviruses. Translation of the ORF is predicted to release autocatalytically a 32.5-kDa protein. A defective RNA, predicted to encode a 91.6-kDa protein representing most of the N-terminal proteinase fused to the entire putative helicase domain, and two satellite RNAs, predicted to encode very small proteins, also are associated with CHV3-GH2 infected fungal cultures. We performed in vitro translation experiments to examine expression of these RNAs. Translation of three RT-PCR clones representing different lengths of the amino-terminal portion of the ORF of the genomic RNA resulted in autocatalytic release of the predicted 32.5-kDa protein. Site-directed mutagenesis was used to map the processing site between Gly(297) and Thr(298). In vitro translation of multiple independent cDNA clones of CHV3-GH2-defective RNA 2 resulted in protein products of approximately 92 kDa, predicted to be the full-length translation product, 32 kDa, predicted to represent the N-terminal proteinase, and 60 kDa, predicted to represent the C-terminal two-thirds of the full-length product. In vitro translation of cDNA clones representing satellite RNA 4 resulted in products of slightly less than 10 kDa, consistent with the predicted 9.4 kDa product.
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