RNA 5′-Triphosphatase, Nucleoside Triphosphatase, and Guanylyltransferase Activities of Baculovirus LEF-4 Protein

AUTOR(ES)

Gross, Christian H.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus late and very late mRNAs are transcribed by an RNA polymerase consisting of four virus-encoded polypeptides: LEF-8, LEF-9, LEF-4, and p47. The 464-amino-acid LEF-4 subunit contains the signature motifs of GTP:RNA guanylyltransferases (capping enzymes). Here, we show that the purified recombinant LEF-4 protein catalyzes two reactions involved in RNA cap formation. LEF-4 is an RNA 5′-triphosphatase that hydrolyzes the γ phosphate of triphosphate-terminated RNA and a guanylyltransferase that reacts with GTP to form a covalent protein-guanylate adduct. The RNA triphosphatase activity depends absolutely on a divalent cation; the cofactor requirement is satisfied by either magnesium or manganese. LEF-4 also hydrolyzes ATP to ADP and Pi (Km = 43 μM ATP; Vmax = 30 s−1) and GTP to GDP and Pi. The LEF-4 nucleoside triphosphatase (NTPase) is activated by manganese or cobalt but not by magnesium. The RNA triphosphatase and NTPase activities of baculovirus LEF-4 resemble those of the vaccinia virus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae mRNA capping enzymes. We suggest that these proteins comprise a novel family of metal-dependent triphosphatases.

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