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. 1976 Nov;20(2):425–435. doi: 10.1128/jvi.20.2.425-435.1976

Multiple methylated cap sequences in adenovirus type 2 early mRNA.

S I Hashimoto, M Green
PMCID: PMC355010  PMID: 978798

Abstract

The methylated constituents of early adenovirus 2 mRNA were studied. RNA was isolated from polyribosomes of cells double labeled with [methyl-3H]methionine and 32PO4 from 2 to 7 g postinfection in the presence of cycloheximide. Cycloheximide ensures that methylation and processing are performed by preexisting host cell enzymes. RNA was fractionated into polyadenylic [poly(A)]+ and poly(A)- molecules using poly(U)-Sepharose, and undergraded virus-specific RNA was isolated by hybridization to viral DNA in 50% formamide at 37 degrees C. Viral mRNA was digested with RNase T2 and chromatographed on DEAE-Sephadex in 7 M urea. Two 3H-labeled RNase T2-resistant oligonucleotide fractions with charges between -5 and -6 were obtained, consistent with two classes of 5' terminal methyl "cap" structures, m7G(5')ppp(5')NmpNp (cap 1) and m7G(5')ppp(5')NmNmpNp (cap 2) (Nm is a ribose 2'-O-methylation). The putative cap 1 contains all the methylated constituents of cap 1 plus Cm. The molar ratios of m7G to 2'-O-methylnucleosides is about 1.0 for cap 1 and 0.5 for cap 2, consistent with the proposed cap structures. Most significant, compositional analysis indicates four different cap 1 structures and at least three different cap 2 structures. Thus there is a minimum of seven early viral mRNA species with different cap structures, unless each type of mRNA can have more than one 5' terminus. In addition to methylated caps, early mRNA contains internal base methylations, exclusively as m6A, as shown by analyses of the mononucleotide (-2 charge) fraction. m6A was present in the ratio of 1 mol of m6Ap per 450 nucleotides. Thus viral mRNA molecules contain two to three internal m6A residues per methyl cap, since there is on the average 1 cap per 1,250 nucleotides.

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