Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3406936 | Journal of Virological Methods | 2011 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The genomic RNA of picornaviruses is attached to a small protein (VPg) via a covalent bond between a tyrosine and a 5â²-terminal uridine phosphate. The same structure is present in potyvirus and calicivirus families. VPgs play a key role in initiation of viral replication by acting as primers for RNA synthesis. The model compound [N(Ac),CO(NHMe)]Tyr-(5â²P â O)Up-O-(CH2)6NH2 (mCLU), mimicking this 'covalent linkage unit' (CLU) and containing Tyr-pUp was synthesized in solution following the phosphoramidite scheme and used to raise antibodies for studying picornavirus infection. The antibodies recognized CLU-containing mengovirus RNA and showed minimal cross-reactivity with RNAs lacking CLU. Immunofluorescence staining of cells infected with a human rhinovirus demonstrated co-localization of the signals from anti-mCLU and from anti-VPg antibodies. Efficient synthesis of mCLU and anti-mCLU antibodies might be of great utility for investigating viral replication and identifying yet unknown viral and cellular CLU-containing RNA-protein complexes.
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Authors
Elena S. Gavryushina, Sofia A. Bryantseva, Elena S. Nadezhdina, Timofei S. Zatsepin, Ilya Yu. Toropygin, Angela Pickl-Herk, Dieter Blaas, Yuri F. Drygin,