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An endogenous cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) RNA-protein complex (CPMV replication complex) capable of elongating in vitro preexisting nascent chains to full-length viral RNAs has been solubilized from the membrane fraction of CPMV-infected cowpea leaves using Triton X-100 and purified by Sepharose 2B chromatography and glycerol gradient centrifugation in the presence of Triton X-100. Analysis of the polypeptide composition of the complex by NaDod-SO(4)/PAGE and silver staining revealed major polypeptides with molecular masses of 110, 68, and 57 kilodaltons (kDa), among which the 110-kDa polypeptide was consistently found to cosediment precisely with the RNA polymerase activity. Using antisera to specific viral proteins, we found the 110-kDa polypeptide to be the only known viral polypeptide associated with the RNA replication complex, the 68- and 57-kDa polypeptides being most probably host-specific. The host-encoded 130-kDa monomeric RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, which is known to be stimulated in CPMV-infected cowpea leaves, did not copurify with the virus-specific RNA polymerase complex. Our results dispute the hypothesis that plant viral RNA replication may be mediated by the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of uninfected plants. We tentatively conclude that the 110-kDa polypeptide encoded by the bottom component RNA of CPMV constitutes the core of the CPMV RNA replication complex.
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PMID:Purification of cowpea mosaic virus RNA replication complex: Identification of a virus-encoded 110,000-dalton polypeptide responsible for RNA chain elongation. 1659 43

Extracts of vacuole-depleted, tomato mosaic virus (ToMV)-infected plant protoplasts contained an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) that utilized an endogenous template to synthesize ToMV-related positive-strand RNAs in a pattern similar to that observed in vivo. Despite the fact that only minor fractions of the ToMV 130- and 180-kDa replication proteins were associated with membranes, the RdRp activity was exclusively associated with membranes. A genome-sized, negative-strand RNA template was associated with membranes and was resistant to micrococcal nuclease unless treated with detergents. Non-membrane-bound replication proteins did not exhibit RdRp activity, even in the presence of ToMV RNA. While the non-membrane-bound replication proteins remained soluble after treatment with Triton X-100, the same treatment made the membrane-bound replication proteins in a form that precipitated upon low-speed centrifugation. On the other hand, the detergent lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) efficiently solubilized the membrane-bound replication proteins. Upon LPC treatment, the endogenous template-dependent RdRp activity was reduced and exogenous ToMV RNA template-dependent RdRp activity appeared instead. This activity, as well as the viral 130-kDa protein and the host proteins Hsp70, eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1A (eEF1A), TOM1, and TOM2A copurified with FLAG-tagged viral 180-kDa protein from LPC-solubilized membranes. In contrast, Hsp70 and only small amounts of the 130-kDa protein and eEF1A copurified with FLAG-tagged non-membrane-bound 180-kDa protein. These results suggest that the viral replication proteins are associated with the intracellular membranes harboring TOM1 and TOM2A and that this association is important for RdRp activity. Self-association of the viral replication proteins and their association with other host proteins may also be important for RdRp activity.
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PMID:Membrane-bound tomato mosaic virus replication proteins participate in RNA synthesis and are associated with host proteins in a pattern distinct from those that are not membrane bound. 1691 96

The organization of flaviviral replicase proteins within the membrane-bound replication complexes of West Nile (WNV), dengue (DENV) and Japanese encephalitis viruses (JEV) was probed by investigating the combined effect of detergents and trypsin on both viral replicase activity and profile of metabolically labelled viral proteins. While trypsin treatment of virus-induced membrane fractions degraded the vast majority of replicase proteins, viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) activity remained completely unaffected. Solubilization of the membranes with deoxycholate (DOC) however rendered the replicase accessible to trypsin. Triton X-100 (TX100) treatment reduced RdRp activity by half in WNV but totally destroyed RdRp activity in JEV. TX100 also dissociated NS1' in addition to NS1 from NS5 and NS3 inJEV. Antibodies to NS3 coprecipitated NS1' along with NS5 only from DOC-solubilized but not from TX100-treated extracts, the former of which alone retained RdRp activity. Exogenous addition of recombinant NS1' to TX100 treated JEV-induced membranes restored the defect in the release step of RNA synthesis. Our results suggest for the first time a direct role for JEV NS1' in viral RNA synthesis in vitro.
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PMID:Organization of flaviviral replicase proteins in virus-induced membranes: a role for NS1' in Japanese encephalitis virus RNA synthesis. 1731 59

Purification of the putative cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) RNA replicase previously started with an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity which had been solubilized from a crude membrane fraction of CPMV-infected cowpea leaves by extraction with a Mg2+-deficient buffer. This led to the identification of a host-encoded, 130,000-dalton monomeric enzyme, the activity of which was highly enhanced upon infection. As the role of this enzyme in viral replication was questionable, we reverted to the template-associated RNA-dependent RNA polymerase in the crude membrane fraction in order to characterize in detail its in vitro products. We now demonstrate that the crude membrane fraction of CPMV-infected cowpea leaves harbors two functionally different, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activities that are both associated with endogenous template RNA and can be separated from each other without affecting their distinct properties. One of the RNA polymerase activities was specific for CPMV-infected leaves and constituted a CPMV RNA replication complex; enzyme activity in vitro allowed for the completion of nascent chains initiated in vivo. Full-length viral RNAS (B- and M-RNA) were produced which were recovered mainly in double-stranded form. Solution- and Northern blot hybridization demonstrated that the in vitro-labeled RNA chains were viral RNAs of positive polarity. The other template-associated RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity occurred in both uninfected and infected leaves and transcribed in vitro endogenous plant and viral RNAs only into small RNAs (4-5 S) of negative polarity. Northern blot analysis revealed the RNA products of plant origin to be transcribed from two major RNA templates of approximately 0.26 and 0.14 X 106 daltons, respectively. Washing of the crude membrane fraction in a Mg2+-deficient buffer did accomplish the complete release of the low-molecular-weight RNA-synthesizing activity but did not solubilize the CPMV RNA replication complex. We tentatively conclude that the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase which has previously been purified from the buffer-soluble fraction and has been identified as a host-encoded enzyme is not involved in viral RNA replication. Solubilization of the viral replication complex was achieved with Triton X-100. By taking advantage of the characteristic conformation of the replication complex, we applied Sepharose 2B chromatography as a highly efficient and simple means for purifying the detergent-solubilized complex. We anticipate that this purification step should also be applicable to replication complexes of other RNA viruses.
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PMID:The cowpea mosaic virus RNA replication complex and the host-encoded RNA-dependent RNA polymerase-template complex are functionally different. 1863 90

Cryptosporidium, a waterborne enteric parasite, is a frequent cause of diarrheal disease outbreaks worldwide. Thus far, the few antigens shown to be important for attachment to and invasion of the host cell by Cryptosporidium are all mucin-like glycoproteins. In order to investigate other antigens that could be important for Cryptosporidium host-parasite interactions, the Cryptosporidium genome databases were mined for other mucin-like genes. A single locus of seven small mucin sequences was identified on chromosome 2 (CpMuc1 to -7). Reverse transcriptase PCR analysis demonstrated that all seven CpMucs were expressed throughout intracellular development. CpMuc4 and CpMuc5 were selected for further investigation because of the significant sequence divergence between Cryptosporidium parvum and C. hominis alleles. Rabbit anti-CpMuc5 and -CpMuc4 antibodies identified several polypeptides in C. parvum lysates, suggestive of proteolytic processing of the mucins. All polypeptides were larger than the predicted molecular weight, which is suggestive of posttranslational processing, most likely O-glycosylation. In immunofluorescence assays, both anti-CpMuc4 and -CpMuc5 antibodies reacted with the apical region of sporozoites and revealed surface-exposed epitopes. The antigens were not shed during excystation but did partition into the aqueous phase of Triton X-114 extractions. Consistent with a role in attachment and invasion, CpMuc4 and CpMuc5 could be detected binding to fixed Caco-2A cells, and anti-CpMuc4 peptide antibodies inhibited Cryptosporidium infection in vitro. Sequencing of CpMuc4 and CpMuc5 from C. hominis clinical isolates identified several polymorphic alleles. The data suggest that these antigens are integral for Cryptosporidium infection in vitro and may be potential vaccine candidates.
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PMID:Polymorphic mucin antigens CpMuc4 and CpMuc5 are integral to Cryptosporidium parvum infection in vitro. 1916 54

After irradiation of the virus particles of CPV, the RNA replicase associated with the virion was isolated in the form of a genome-replicase complex with DEAE-Sephadex A-25 chromatography. This complex was then treated with Triton X-100 and purified by phosphocellulose column chromatography. The RNA replicase reconstituted with the doublestranded RNA of CPV showed both the enzyme activity of RNA polymerase and methyltransferase. The single-stranded RNA could not serve as the template for the RNA replicase. The role of the RNA replicase of CPV is discussed.
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PMID:Isolation and reconstitution of the RNA replicase of the cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus of silkworm,Bombyx mori. 2424 77


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