tRNA-Like Structure Regulates Translation of Brome Mosaic Virus RNA
AUTOR(ES)
Barends, Sharief
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
For various groups of plant viruses, the genomic RNAs end with a tRNA-like structure (TLS) instead of the 3′ poly(A) tail of common mRNAs. The actual function of these TLSs has long been enigmatic. Recently, however, it became clear that for turnip yellow mosaic virus, a tymovirus, the valylated TLSTYMV of the single genomic RNA functions as a bait for host ribosomes and directs them to the internal initiation site of translation (with N-terminal valine) of the second open reading frame for the polyprotein. This discovery prompted us to investigate whether the much larger TLSs of a different genus of viruses have a comparable function in translation. Brome mosaic virus (BMV), a bromovirus, has a tripartite RNA genome with a subgenomic RNA4 for coat protein expression. All four RNAs carry a highly conserved and bulky 3′ TLSBMV (about 200 nucleotides) with determinants for tyrosylation. We discovered TLSBMV-catalyzed self-tyrosylation of the tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase but could not clearly detect tyrosine incorporation into any virus-encoded protein. We established that BMV proteins do not need TLSBMV tyrosylation for their initiation. However, disruption of the TLSs strongly reduced the translation of genomic RNA1, RNA2, and less strongly, RNA3, whereas coat protein expression from RNA4 remained unaffected. This aberrant translation could be partially restored by providing the TLSBMV in trans. Intriguingly, a subdomain of the TLSBMV could even almost fully restore translation to the original pattern. We discuss here a model with a central and dominant role for the TLSBMV during the BMV infection cycle.
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