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J. Virol., Nov 1995, 7169-7179, Vol 69, No. 11
Copyright © 1995, American Society for Microbiology

Poliovirus protein 3AB forms a complex with and stimulates the activity of the viral RNA polymerase, 3Dpol [published erratum appears in J Virol 1996 Jan;70(1):682]

SJ Plotch and O Palant
Molecular Biology Research Section, Lederle Laboratories, American Cyanamid Company, Pearl River, New York 10965, USA.

Poliovirus protein 3B (also known as VPg) is covalently linked to the 5' ends of both genomic and antigenomic viral RNA. Genetic and biochemical studies have implicated protein 3AB, the membrane-bound precursor to VPg, in the initiation of genomic RNA synthesis. We have purified 3AB to near homogeneity following thrombin cleavage of purified glutathione S-transferase-3AB. When added to transcription reaction mixtures catalyzed by poliovirus RNA polymerase (3Dpol), 3AB stimulated RNA synthesis up to 75-fold with oligo(U)-primed virion RNA, globin mRNA, and unprimed synthetic, full-length minus-strand viral RNA as the templates. Synthetic VPg also stimulated RNA synthesis but was only 1 to 2% as effective as 3AB on a molar basis. The increased level of transcription was not the result of enhancing the elongation rate of the polymerase. No evidence was found for uridylylation of 3AB or for covalent linkage to RNA transcription products. 3AB sedimented as a multimer in glycerol gradients. In the presence of the polymerase, the sedimentation rate of both proteins increased, suggesting the formation of a complex. Detergent prevented both multimerization and complex formation. The polymerase also bound to immobilized glutathione S- transferase-3AB; this procedure was used to purify the polymerase to near homogeneity. These results suggest a mechanism for bringing together 3AB, 3Dpol (or its precursor 3CD), and viral RNA in host cell membranous vesicles in which all viral RNA synthesis occurs.


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