Interaction of a cellular 57-kilodalton protein with the internal translation initiation site of foot-and-mouth disease virus. |
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Authors: | N Luz and E Beck |
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Institution: | Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg, Germany. |
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Abstract: | A cellular 57-kDa protein (p57) that binds specifically to the internal translation initiation site in the 5' untranslated region of foot-and-mouth disease virus RNA was detected in cell extracts of different mammalian species by UV cross-linking. The protein binds to two distinct sites of the translation control region which have as the only common sequence a UUUC motif. The first binding site consists of a conserved hairpin structure, whereas the second binding site contains an essential pyrimidine-rich region without obvious secondary structure. Competition experiments indicate that the complexes with the two binding sites were formed by a single p57 species. The protein binds also to the 5' untranslated region of other picornaviruses. Results from footprint analyses with foot-and-mouth disease RNA suggest the participation of additional cellular factors in the translation initiation complex. |
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