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J Virol, April 1998, p. 2999-3004, Vol. 72, No. 4
Departamento de Bioquímica y
Biología Molecular, Instituto Universitario de
Biotecnología de Asturias, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo,
Spain
Received 18 June 1997/Accepted 6 January 1998
The rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) (isolate AST/89)
RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase (3Dpol) coding region was
expressed in Escherichia coli by using a glutathione S-transferase-based vector, which allowed milligram
purification of a homogeneous enzyme with an expected molecular mass of
about 58 kDa. The recombinant polypeptide exhibited rifampin- and
actinomycin D-resistant, poly(A)-dependent poly(U) polymerase. The
enzyme also showed RNA polymerase activity in in vitro reactions with synthetic RHDV subgenomic RNA in the presence or absence of an oligo(U) primer. Template-size products were synthesized in the oligo(U)-primed reactions, whereas in the absence of added primer, RNA
products up to twice the length of the template were made. The
double-length RNA products were double stranded and hybridized to both
positive- and negative-sense probes.
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Expression of Enzymatically Active Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease
Virus RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase in Escherichia
coli
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Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Instituto
Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias, Universidad de
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