Comparative Properties of RNA and DNA Templates for the DNA Polymerase of Rous Sarcoma Virus

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Several natural RNAs were compared with respect to their template activities for the DNA polymerase of Rous Sarcoma Virus during a 2-hr incubation period. 60-70S viral RNA was found to be a 5- to 10-fold better template than heat-dissociated Rous viral RNA, influenza virus RNA, tobacco mosaic virus RNA, or ribosomal RNA. Denatured salmon DNA is a little better, and poly(dAT) is 2-4 times better as a template for the enzyme than is 60-70S Rous viral RNA. The 60-70S RNAs of different strains of avian tumor viruses have very similar template activities for a given avian tumor virus DNA polymerase. Oligo(dT) or oligo(dC) were found to enhance the template activity of heat-dissociated Rous viral RNA 20- to 30-fold, and that of other natural RNAs tested one- to several-fold. DNA syntheses of 1-24% were obtained during a 2-hour incubation of the enzyme with the above RNA templates. The results suggest that the enzyme prefers partially double-stranded or hybrid regions of RNAs for optimal DNA synthesis, but certain regions of single-stranded RNA can also serve as templates. Poly(dAT) competes with viral RNA for purified DNA polymerase during DNA synthesis, as would be expected if RNA- and DNA-dependent DNA synthesis was performed by at least one common active site of the same enzyme.

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Biochemistry Oligonucleotides Cellular RNAs Viral RNAs Purified enzyme

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10.1073/pnas.68.10.2505

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1971