Analysis of tombusvirus revertants to identify essential amino acid residues within RNA-dependent RNA polymerase motifs Free

Abstract

The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) of (TBSV) contains an arginine- and proline-rich (RPR) motif. This motif functions as an RNA-binding domain and is essential for tombusvirus replication. A mutant carrying three arginine substitutions in this motif rendered the virus unable to replicate in plants and protoplasts. When the replicase function was provided , by expressing the TBSV RdRp in plants, an infectious variant could be isolated. Sequence analysis showed that only the substituted glycine residue (position 216) had reverted to arginine; all other substitutions remained unchanged. This finding suggested that strong selection pressure is active to maintain necessary sequences of the viral RdRp and that the analysis of revertants may help to identify essential viral functions.

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