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Single-molecule measurements of viral ssRNA packaging.

ABSTRACT: Genome packaging of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) phages has been widely studied using biochemical and molecular biology methods. We adapted the existing in vitro packaging system of one such phage for single-molecule experimentation. To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to study the details of viral RNA packaging using optical tweezers. Pseudomonas phage ?6 is a dsRNA virus with a tripartite genome. Positive-sense (+) single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) genome precursors are packaged into a preformed procapsid (PC), where negative strands are synthesized. We present single-molecule measurements of the viral ssRNA packaging by the ?6 PC. Our data show that packaging proceeds intermittently in slow and fast phases, which likely reflects differences in the unfolding of the RNA secondary structures of the ssRNA being packaged. Although the mean packaging velocity was relatively low (0.07-0.54 nm/sec), packaging could reach 4.62 nm/sec during the fast packaging phase.

SUBMITTER: Hanhijarvi KJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5159644 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Single-molecule measurements of viral ssRNA packaging.

Hanhijärvi Kalle J KJ Ziedaite Gabija G Bamford Dennis H DH Hæggström Edward E Poranen Minna M MM

RNA (New York, N.Y.) 20161101 1

Genome packaging of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) phages has been widely studied using biochemical and molecular biology methods. We adapted the existing in vitro packaging system of one such phage for single-molecule experimentation. To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to study the details of viral RNA packaging using optical tweezers. Pseudomonas phage φ6 is a dsRNA virus with a tripartite genome. Positive-sense (+) single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) genome precursors are packaged into a prefor ...[more]

PMID: 27803153

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