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Mutations in the measles virus C protein that up regulate viral RNA synthesis.

Abstract：

:The measles virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase consists of two virus-encoded subunits, the phosphoprotein (P) and the large (L) protein. The P mRNA also codes for a C protein in the +1 reading frame relative to P. The activities of the measles P and C proteins from the vaccine strain, EdB, a wild-type CM strain, and an SSPE P4 strain were investigated using a CAT reporter minigenome assay. CAT is synthesized following replication and transcription of a DI-CAT minigenome supported by individual P, L, and N plasmids expressed in a mammalian expression system. As measured by CAT activity, CMP1 and P4P1 stimulate transcription and replication four- to six- and six- to eightfold, respectively, better than EdP. There are 10 and 16 amino acid changes in the P protein and three and four changes in C in CMP1 and P4P1, respectively, relative to EdP. By constructing chimeric P genes we showed that mutations throughout P4P1 were required for enhanced polymerase activity, while only mutations in the 5'-terminal portion, encompassing the C ORF, of the CMP1 gene mediated stimulation. Abrogation of C expression from the Ed and CM P genes resulted in an increase in RNA synthesis of twofold for CMP1S and four- to fivefold for EdPS. With the addition of C protein expressed from a separate plasmid that contains only the C ORF, EdC reduces viral RNA synthesis more strongly than CMC. These data suggest that EdC and CMC proteins give a differential inhibition that accounts for most of the differences in RNA synthesis by EdP and CMP1.

journal_name

Virology

journal_title

Virology

authors

Reutter GL,Cortese-Grogan C,Wilson J,Moyer SA

doi

10.1006/viro.2001.0962

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-06-20 00:00:00

pages

100-9

issue

1

eissn

0042-6822

issn

1096-0341

pii

S0042-6822(01)90962-6

journal_volume

285

pub_type

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