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Journal of Virology, November 2000, p. 10323-10331, Vol. 74, No. 22
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Recognition of the Core RNA Promoter for Minus-Strand RNA Synthesis by the Replicases of Brome Mosaic Virus and Cucumber Mosaic Virus

K. Sivakumaran,1 Y. Bao,2 M. J. Roossinck,2 and C. C. Kao1,*

Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405,1 and Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 734022

Received 7 July 2000/Accepted 21 August 2000

Replication of viral RNA genomes requires the specific interaction between the replicase and the RNA template. Members of the Bromovirus and Cucumovirus genera have a tRNA-like structure at the 3' end of their genomic RNAs that interacts with the replicase and is required for minus-strand synthesis. In Brome mosaic virus (BMV), a stem-loop structure named C (SLC) is present within the tRNA-like region and is required for replicase binding and initiation of RNA synthesis in vitro. We have prepared an enriched replicase fraction from tobacco plants infected with the Fny isolate of Cucumber mosaic virus (Fny-CMV) that will direct synthesis from exogenously added templates. Using this replicase, we demonstrate that the SLC-like structure in Fny-CMV plays a role similar to that of BMV SLC in interacting with the CMV replicase. While the majority of CMV isolates have SLC-like elements similar to that of Fny-CMV, a second group displays sequence or structural features that are distinct but nonetheless recognized by Fny-CMV replicase for RNA synthesis. Both motifs have a 5'CA3' dinucleotide that is invariant in the CMV isolates examined, and mutational analysis indicates that these are critical for interaction with the replicase. In the context of the entire tRNA-like element, both CMV SLC-like motifs are recognized by the BMV replicase. However, neither motif can direct synthesis by the BMV replicase in the absence of other tRNA-like elements, indicating that other features of the CMV tRNA can induce promoter recognition by a heterologous replicase.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405. Phone: (812) 855-7959. Fax: (812) 855-6705. E-mail: ckao{at}bio.indiana.edu.

Journal of Virology, November 2000, p. 10323-10331, Vol. 74, No. 22
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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