Translation initiation in GB viruses A and C: evidence for internal ribosome entry and implications for genome organization.
AUTOR(ES)
Simons, J N
RESUMO
GB viruses A and C (GBV-A and GBV-C) are two recently described RNA viruses which appear to be members of the Flaviviridae. Although both viruses appear to contain long 5' nontranslated regions, the sites of polyprotein initiation and the presence of core-like proteins remain to be determined. Translation studies were undertaken to determine the mechanism and sites of polyprotein initiation in GBV-A and GBV-C. Rabbit reticulocyte lysates programmed with monocistronic RNAs containing 5' ends of GBV-A or GBV-C fused in-frame with the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) open reading frame generated GBV-CAT fusion proteins in vitro. Site-specific mutagenesis and N-terminal sequencing located the sites of translation initiation immediately upstream of the putative signal sequence for the GBV E1 envelope glycoproteins. Efficient translation of the monocistronic GBV-CAT RNAs required the inclusion of GBV coding sequences. This, coupled with the presence of at least 523 nucleotides of 5' nontranslated RNA containing multiple AUG codons, suggests that translation initiation of these RNAs did not utilize a ribosome scanning mechanism. Translation of bicistronic RNAs containing 5' nontranslated sequences within the intercistronic space was consistent with the presence of a weakly active internal ribosome entry site in both GBV-A and GBV-C. Secondary structure predictions indicate that the 5' ends of these viruses assume similar complex structures distinct from those identified in the internal ribosome entry site-containing picornaviruses, pestiviruses, and hepatitis C viruses. The data indicate that GBV-A and GBV-C are unique members of the Flaviviridae that do not contain core-like proteins at the N termini of their putative polyproteins.
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