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. 1993 Mar 25;21(6):1389–1395. doi: 10.1093/nar/21.6.1389

The secondary structure of the 5'-noncoding region of beet necrotic yellow vein virus RNA 3: evidence for a role in viral RNA replication.

D Gilmer 1, C Allmang 1, C Ehresmann 1, H Guilley 1, K Richards 1, G Jonard 1, B Ehresmann 1
PMCID: PMC309323  PMID: 8464729

Abstract

Secondary structure-sensitive chemical and enzymatic probes have been used to produce a model for the folding of the first 312 residues of the long 5'-noncoding region of beet necrotic yellow vein virus RNA 3. The structure consists of two major domains, one of which includes long distance base-pairing interactions between two short sequence elements (Box I and Box II) situated between positions 237 and 292 and complementary elements (Box I' and II') near the 5'-terminus. Previous studies have shown that base pairing between these sequence elements (in either the plus-strand or minus-strand RNA) is important for RNA 3 accumulation during infection. RNA 3 transcripts were produced containing mutations which preferentially disrupted Box II-II' base pairing in either the plus- or minus-strand. In infection experiments, transcripts with mutations which disrupted the Box II-II' interaction in the plus-strand structure replicated less efficiently than mutants in which the Box II-II' interaction was disrupted in the minus-strand. These findings indicate that the complex 5'-proximal plus-strand structure to which the Box II-II' interaction contributes comprises at least part of the promoter for plus-strand RNA synthesis.

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