RNA-POLYMERASE OF INFLUENZA-VIRUS .3. ISOLATION OF RNA-POLYMERASE RNA COMPLEXES FROM INFLUENZA-VIRUS PR8
RNA-POLYMERASE OF INFLUENZA-VIRUS .3. ISOLATION OF RNA-POLYMERASE RNA COMPLEXES FROM INFLUENZA-VIRUS PR8
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DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a134254
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
ISHIHAMA, A
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作者:
KAWAKAMI, K;ISHIHAMA, A
Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) cores with RNA-synthesizing activity were prepared in 2 fractions, M protein-free and M protein-associated, from detergent-treated influenza virus PR8 by centrifugation through a discontinuous triple gradient of cesium sulfate, glycerol and NP-40. The M-free RNP was fractionated by phosphocellulose column chromatography into 2 major RNP forms, A and B, which differed in the content of P proteins, while the M-associated RNP gave only the low P-content Form-B RNP. Starting from the high P-content Form-A RNP, an RNA-P protein complex virtually free from NP protein was isolated by cesium sulfate equilibrium centrifugation. The complex, containing only 3 P proteins (P1, P2 and P3), was still active in catalyzing RNA synthesis in vitro without addition of exogenous template, indicating that NP protein is not required for the catalysis of RNA synthesis. RNA synthesis by the isolated RNA-P protein complex was dependent on either ApG or capped RNA primers, and required 4 ribonucleoside triphosphates as substrates. The RNA product in this reaction was hybridizable to viral RNA. A complex of one each of the 3 P proteins was separated from RNA by gel glycerol gradient centrifugation after RNase treatment or cesium chloride equilibrium centrifugation.