期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1976
卷号:73
期号:10
页码:3448-3452
DOI:10.1073/pnas.73.10.3448
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:Viral mRNA synthesized in vitro by reovirusassociated enzymes contained 5'-terminal ppG, GpppG, or m7GpppGm. Selective synthesis of one type of 5'-end was obtained by adjusting the composition of the transcription reaction mixture based on a series of reactions proposed for formation of blocked, methylated 5'-terminal sequences of mRNA (capformation). The presence of inorganic pyrophosphate increased the proportion of ppG 5'-ends, while addition of pyrophosphatase yielded mRNA with 5'-terminal GpppG, which in the presence of a methyl donor was converted to m7GpppGm.