@article{mbs:/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-64-9-2073, author = "Kiberstis, Paula A. and Hall, Timothy C.", title = "N-Acetyl-tyrosine at the 3′ End of Brome Mosaic Virus RNA has Little Effect on Infectivity", journal= "Journal of General Virology", year = "1983", volume = "64", number = "9", pages = "2073-2077", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-64-9-2073", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-64-9-2073", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2099", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "BMV", keywords = "RNA modification", keywords = "aminoacylation", keywords = "proteinase K", abstract = "SUMMARY Digestion of the N-acetylated-tyrosylated form of brome mosaic virus (BMV) RNA with proteinase K removed the 3′-blocking N-acetyl-tyrosine residue. Removal of the blocking group affected neither infectivity nor mRNA activity. The previously reported effect of acetylation of tyrosylated BMV RNA on infectivity appears to result from non-specific acetylation of the RNA.", }