scholarly journals Positioning of subdomain IIId and apical loop of domain II of the hepatitis C IRES on the human 40S ribosome

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 1141-1151 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Babaylova ◽  
D. Graifer ◽  
A. Malygin ◽  
J. Stahl ◽  
I. Shatsky ◽  
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2000 ◽  
Vol 74 (22) ◽  
pp. 10430-10437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Jubin ◽  
Nicole E. Vantuno ◽  
Jeffrey S. Kieft ◽  
Michael G. Murray ◽  
Jennifer A. Doudna ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The hepatitis C virus (HCV) internal ribosome entry site (IRES) is a highly structured RNA element that directs cap-independent translation of the viral polyprotein. Morpholino antisense oligonucleotides directed towards stem loop IIId drastically reduced HCV IRES activity. Mutagenesis studies of this region showed that the GGG triplet (nucleotides 266 through 268) of the hexanucleotide apical loop of stem loop IIId is essential for IRES activity both in vitro and in vivo. Sequence comparison showed that apical loop nucleotides (UUGGGU) were absolutely conserved across HCV genotypes and the GGG triplet was strongly conserved among related Flavivirus andPestivirus nontranslated regions. Chimeric IRES elements with IIId derived from GB virus B (GBV-B) in the context of the HCV IRES possess translational activity. Mutations within the IIId stem loop that abolish IRES activity also affect the RNA structure in RNase T1-probing studies, demonstrating the importance of correct RNA folding to IRES function.


1997 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 427-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
FREDERICO SILVESTRI ◽  
GIOVANNI BARILLARI ◽  
RENATO FANIN ◽  
FLAVIA SALMASO ◽  
LAURA INFANTI ◽  
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2000 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Banno ◽  
Hiromichi Takama ◽  
Yukiko Nitta ◽  
Toshihiko Ikeya ◽  
Yoshifumi Hirooka

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