Red clover necrotic mosaic virus translation enhancer elements

3'TE-DR1 translation enhancer element
Predicted secondary structure of the 3'TE-DR1 translation enhancer element of RCNMV
Identifiers
Symbol RNA1
Rfam RF01453
Other data
RNA type Cis-reg
Domain(s) Tombusviridae
5'UTR enhancer element
Predicted secondary structure of the 5'UTR enhancer element of RCNMV
Identifiers
Symbol RNA1
Rfam RF01454
Other data
RNA type Cis-reg
Domain(s) Tombusviridae

Red clover necrotic mosaic virus (RCNMV) contains several structural elements present within the 3' and 5' untranslated regions (UTR) of the genome that enhance translation. In eukaryotes transcription is a prerequisite for translation. During transcription the pre-mRNA transcript is processes where a 5' cap is attached onto mRNA and this 5' cap allows for ribosome assembly onto the mRNA as it acts as a binding site for the eukaryotic initiation factor eIF4F. Once eIF4F is bound to the mRNA this protein complex interacts with the poly(A) binding protein which is present within the 3' UTR and results in mRNA circularization. This multiprotein-mRNA complex then recruits the ribosome subunits and scans the mRNA until it reaches the start codon. Transcription of viral genomes differs from eukaryotes as viral genomes produce mRNA transcripts that lack a 5’ cap site. Despite lacking a cap site viral genes contain a structural element within the 5’ UTR known as an internal ribosome entry site (IRES). IRES is a structural element that recruits the 40s ribosome subunit to the mRNA within close proximity of the start codon.[1][2][3]

RCNMV contains a genome that encodes for two positive sense RNA strands known as RNA1 and RNA2 and both these RNA strands lack a 5’ cap and a 3’ poly (A) tail.[4][5] RNA1 is required in replication as it encodes for RNA replicase components. This RNA contains structural elements within the 3’ and 5’ UTR that bring about cap independent translation. Unlike RNA1, RNA2 encodes for a movement protein (MP) and the mRNA of RNA2 contains no structural elements within the UTRs that can bring about cap independent translation. The translation of the mRNA of RNA2 is linked with RNA2 replication.

RNA1 contains several structural elements within its untranslated regions (UTRs) which allow for cap independent translation. The 3' UTR contains a translation enhancer element, 3'TE-DR1 that brings about cap independent translation (a Cap-independent translation element) and is predicted to have 5 stem loop structures.[6] For 3'TE-DR1 to have an effect on translation it was shown that both specific sequences and structures need to be present within the 5'UTR of RNA1. The 5'UTR was shown to contain four stem loop structures where all of these secondary structures contribute to affecting translation efficiently. Stem loop1 has been shown to be the most important secondary structure within the 5'UTR as mutating or removing this stem loop structure significantly decreases translation efficiency and this effect can be overcome by compensatory mutations.

The secondary structures within the 5'UTR was shown to also play a role in RNA stability. Removal of the secondary structure correlated with a decrease in RNA stability. One possibly explanation for this is that the secondary structure may protect the RNA from 5'-3' exonuclease activity. In RNA1 both structural elements within the 3' and 5' UTR are required to translation to occur as the 3'UTR contains the translation enhancer element and the 5'UTR contains structures that aid in recruiting translation factors but also act to increase RNA stability.

The 3'UTR of RNA2 contains a Y-shaped Cap-independent translation element. This structure and several downstream stem-loops are required for synthesis of the negative strand RNA.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Svitkin YV, Imataka H, Khaleghpour K, Kahvejian A, Liebig HD, Sonenberg N (December 2001). "Poly(A)-binding protein interaction with elF4G stimulates picornavirus IRES-dependent translation". RNA 7 (12): 1743–52. PMC 1370214. PMID 11780631.
  2. ↑ Pfingsten JS, Kieft JS (July 2008). "RNA structure-based ribosome recruitment: lessons from the Dicistroviridae intergenic region IRESes". RNA 14 (7): 1255–63. doi:10.1261/rna.987808. PMC 2441983. PMID 18515544.
  3. ↑ Gallie DR (December 2001). "Cap-independent translation conferred by the 5' leader of tobacco etch virus is eukaryotic initiation factor 4G dependent". J. Virol. 75 (24): 12141–52. doi:10.1128/JVI.75.24.12141-12152.2001. PMC 116110. PMID 11711605.
  4. ↑ Lommel SA, Weston-Fina M, Xiong Z, Lomonossoff GP (September 1988). "The nucleotide sequence and gene organization of red clover necrotic mosaic virus RNA-2". Nucleic Acids Res. 16 (17): 8587–602. doi:10.1093/nar/16.17.8587. PMC 338578. PMID 3047682.
  5. ↑ Mizumoto H, Tatsuta M, Kaido M, Mise K, Okuno T (November 2003). "Cap-independent translational enhancement by the 3' untranslated region of red clover necrotic mosaic virus RNA1". J. Virol. 77 (22): 12113–21. doi:10.1128/JVI.77.22.12113-12121.2003. PMC 254280. PMID 14581548.
  6. ↑ Sarawaneeyaruk S, Iwakawa HO, Mizumoto H, et al. (July 2009). "Host-dependent roles of the viral 5' untranslated region (UTR) in RNA stabilization and cap-independent translational enhancement mediated by the 3' UTR of Red clover necrotic mosaic virus RNA1". Virology 391 (1): 107–18. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2009.05.037. PMID 19577782.
  7. ↑ An, M; Iwakawa, HO; Mine, A; Kaido, M; Mise, K; Okuno, T (Sep 15, 2010). "A Y-shaped RNA structure in the 3' untranslated region together with the trans-activator and core promoter of Red clover necrotic mosaic virus RNA2 is required for its negative-strand RNA synthesis.". Virology 405 (1): 100–9. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2010.05.022. PMID 20561661.

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