Sequence heterogeneity at the 5' termini of late simian virus 40 19S and 16S mRNAs.

AUTOR(ES)

Canaani, D

RESUMO

The 5'-cap-containing leader sequence of the most abundant 19S and 16S mRNAs of simian virus 40 (SV40) was previously mapped between 0.67 and 0.76 map units. We now find that the two late mRNA species contain multiple 5' ends. Eight different RNase T2-resistant cap structures were identified:m7GpppmAmpU (47%); m7GpppmAmpUmpU (19%); m7GpppmAmpC (16%); m7GpppmAmpCmpA (5%); m7GpppmAmpG (6%); m7GpppGmpC (3%); m7GpppmAmGmpA (2%); m7GpppGmpCmpG (2%). Capped T1 oligonucleotides of 19S and 16S mRNAs have been isolated by two different procedures: (i) chromatography on a DEAE-cellulose column followed by paper electrophoresis and (ii) two-dimensional electrophoresis/homochromatography. Cap structures of the isolated 5' oligonucleotides were identified. Each of the major caps was found to be associated with a few differential 5' oligonucleotides, implying a vast heterogeneity at the termini of SV40 late mRNAs. The results suggest that on SV40 DNA, RNA polymerase II has a reportoire of initiation points. In most of the cases, initiation takes place with adenosine triphosphate followed by a pyrimidine. Alternatively, transcription may start at one specific point but a unique mechanism of processing generates heterogeneous populations of termini with a common 5' adenosine triphosphate.

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