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Bluetongue virus (BTV) core-like particles (CLPs) were synthesized by coexpression of VP3 and VP7 using a dual recombinant baculovirus. Purified CLPs were shown to bind single-stranded RNA in three different assay systems: gel retardation, nitrocellulose binding, and sucrose gradient sedimentation. CLPs showed equal affinity for BTV-specific and non-BTV RNA and also bound DNA. RNAase protection experiments demonstrated that bound RNA was accessible to immobilized ribonuclease, suggesting that the RNA was predominantly present on the outside of the CLPs. By using individually purified VP7 and VP3 in separate assays, the binding activity was shown to reside on VP3. These results indicate further functional homologies between BTV VP3 and the rotavirus inner-core VP2 protein.
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PMID:Interaction of nucleic acids with core-like and subcore-like particles of bluetongue virus. 132 18

The non-structural protein NS2 of Bluetongue virus (BTV) is synthesized abundantly in virus-infected cells and has been suggested to be involved in virus replication. The protein, with a high content of charged residues, possesses a strong affinity for single-stranded RNA species but, to date, all studies have failed to identify any specificity in the NS2-RNA interaction. In this report, we have examined, through RNA binding assays using highly purified NS2, the specificity of interaction with different single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) species in the presence of appropriate competitors. The data obtained show that NS2 indeed has a preference for BTV ssRNA over nonspecific RNA species and that NS2 recognizes a specific region within the BTV10 segment S10. The secondary structure of this region was determined and found to be a hairpin-loop with substructures within the loop. Modification-inhibition experiments highlighted two regions within this structure that were protected from ribonuclease cleavage in the presence of NS2. Overall, these data imply that a function of NS2 may be to recruit virus messenger RNAs (that also act as templates for synthesis of genomic RNAs) selectively from other RNA species within the infected cytosol of the cell during virus replication.
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PMID:Sequence specificity in the interaction of Bluetongue virus non-structural protein 2 (NS2) with viral RNA. 1279 83