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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
卷 74, 期 18, 页码 8648-8657出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.18.8648-8657.2000
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- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI038447, R29 AI038447, AI38447] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [R01AI038447, R29AI038447] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
The hepadnavirus reverse transcriptase binds cotranslationally to the viral pregenomic RNA. This ribonucleoprotein complex is then encapsidated into nascent viral core particles, where the reverse transcriptase copies the viral RNA into DNA. Here we report that 75% of the duck hepatitis B virus reverse transcriptase present in transfected LMH cells does not follow this well-known pathway but rather exists in the cell separate from the core protein or nucleocapsids. The nonencapsidated reverse transcriptase is also abundant in infected duck liver. The nonencapsidated reverse transcriptase exists as a complex set of isoforms that are mast likely produced by posttranslational modification. Interestingly, only the smallest of these isoforms is encapsidated into viral care particles. The nonencapsidated reverse transcriptase is bound to a large cellular cytoplasmic structure(s) in a detergent-sensitive complex. The cellular distribution of the reverse transcriptase only partially overlaps that of the core protein, and this distribution is unaffected by blocking encapsidation. These observations raise the possibilities that the metabolic fate of the reverse transcriptase may be posttranscriptionally regulated and that the reverse transcriptase may have roles in the viral replication cycle beyond its well-known function in copying the viral genome.
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