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J Biol Chem, Vol. 273, Issue 49, 32568-32575, December 4, 1998

Analysis of Polypurine Tract-associated DNA Plus-strand Priming in Vivo Utilizing a Plant Pararetroviral Vector Carrying Redundant Ectopic Priming Elements

From the John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom

Initiation of DNA plus-strand synthesis in most reverse-transcribing elements requires primer generation by reverse transcriptase-associated RNase H at one or more template polypurine tracts (PPTs). We have exploited infectious clones of the plant pararetrovirus cauliflower mosaic virus carrying redundant ectopic plus-strand priming elements to study priming in vivo. Ectopic priming generated an additional discontinuity in progeny virion DNA during infection of plants. We found that altering the length of the 13-base pair PPT by ±25% significantly reduced priming efficiency. A short pyrimidine tract 5' to the PPT, highly conserved among diverse reverse-transcribing elements, was shown to play an important role in PPT recognition in vivo. The predominant DNA plus-strand 5' end remained 3 nucleotides from the PPT 3' end in mutant primers that were longer or shorter than the wild-type primer. Use of an ectopic redundant primer to study replication-dependent priming was validated by demonstrating that it could rescue infectivity following destruction of the wild-type priming elements. We propose a model for plant pararetroviral plus-strand priming in which pyrimidines enhance PPT recognition during polymerase-dependent RNase H cleavages, and suggest that fidelity of primer maturation during polymerase-independent cleavages involves PPT length measurement and 3' end recognition by RNase H.

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